2007-10-18

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The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing.

Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business.

The Acorn and its parent company, Times Media Group, understand that their biggest responsibility is not only the delivery of credible, relevant information in a timely fashion, but making sure residents have easy access to the publication when stories become available.

That’s why we’re super excited about the news being shared today.

Following a five-year stretch in which Acorn readers were given the option of purchasing online subscriptions to the paper, that so-called “paywall” is coming down.

“Mr. Publisher, tear down this wall,” the late President Ronald Reagan might have once said.

And so we did.

Starting immediately, all online content from our five Acorn publications will be available at no charge to the reader, meaning a paid subscription is no longer required to click and read articles. The weekly Acorn has always been delivered to your driveway at no cost—that more than 40-year tradition will continue—and from now on The Acorn on the internet will be free as well.

Why the change?

The Acorn is your community newspaper, and we want to make sure it stays that way. We believe it’s important that residents feel a connection to the stories we write and also learn about the businesses that advertise in their community. The absence of a paywall is the best way to ensure this free-flow of information remains.

We also invite readers to sign up for the new, easy-to-read Acorn newspaper e-edition delivered weekly to your e-mail. Viewed on mobile, desktop or laptop, the pages are super easy to navigate and, free, just like the print paper.

Local journalism is first gear in the engine that drives America’s free press, and a free press it shall be.

Archives

Cellist makes solo debut



The New West Symphony’s second 200708 Masterpiece Series concert will be at 8 p.m. Sat.Oct. 20 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Thousand Oaks. The program will feature the symphony’s principal cellist Mark Tanner in his solo debut with the orchestra. Tanner will play Concerto No1 in Eflat Major for Cello and Orchestra, […]

Agoura High hosts Comedy Sportz



The Agoura High School ComedySportz team will host the professionals of ComedySportzLA in “USICAL” on Tues., Oct. 23 at the school’s G Building, 38545 Driver Ave., Agoura Hills. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event is a full-length, completely improvised musical based on audience suggestion. The show is family-friendly. The school’s ComedySportz team will attend its first official game of […]

‘Seven Brides’ opens at Cabrillo



Cabrillo Music Theatre, the resident musical theater company of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, will present the first production in its 2007-08 season, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” with book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Johnny Mercer and lyrics by Gene DePaul. The show will run Fri., Oct. 26 through Sun., Nov. 4 in the Kavli […]

Play Review

A monster meets his maker in 'Victor'

What if man had the power to create life from inanimate forms? Should he? The High Street Arts Center presents Alistair Faulkner’s “Victor,” a powerful play directed by Rolland Petrello that explores this question in a sequel of sorts to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” It’s a moral fable more than a horror story, a tale where the protagonist, not the monster, […]

Fluoride is safe



More than 60 years ago Grand Rapids, Mich. became the first American community to fluoridate its public source of water. Hundreds of subsequent scientific articles have determined that optimally fluoridated water is the single most effective public health measure to prevent dental decay. Studies show that the incidences of childhood and adult cavities decrease 20 to 40 percent in areas […]

Fluoride is toxic



Regarding the proposed plan to add fluoride to our water, I think it is important to understand what is being added. The studies which “proved” that fluoride would prevent cavities were evaluating the effects of actual groundwater minerals, not the chemicals that are being added today. Fluorosilicic acid, which is a classified hazardous waste, is the substance used in 90 […]

Apartments should be smoke-free



Apartment residents have no protection from their neighbor’s drifting tobacco smoke. Unfortunately, tobacco smoke doesn’t always stay in the unit where it is generated. A door-to-door survey of Calabasas apartment residents in 2006 conducted by our organization showed that 36 percent of respondents had secondhand smoke drift into their home in the last year. More than half of those respondents […]

Smoking just isn’t neighborly



No one should have to breathe a neighbor’s secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke does drift from one apartment to another, with the apartment getting the offending smoke with no recourse to keep the air in their apartment clean and fit to breathe. Children especially should be protected. People who smoke are certainly not able to decide for them selves whether their […]

Diane Torrence



Veteran real estate agent Diane Torrence has joined the staff Prudential California Realty’s Fillmore office according to broker/owner Bob Majorino. Torrence brings a varied skill set to her clientele. With 14 years of design experience, she is a proficient home staging specialist. She also has a background as a mortgage broker. Torrence is originally from Santa Barbara and has been […]

This Home Features Extensive Use Of Hardwood Flooring



This home in the guardgated community of Chanteclair Estates in Thousand Oaks is a 3bedroom, 2.5-bath home. It was originally a 4-bedroom and can be easily restored to that configuration. The home features extensive use of hardwood flooring, three fireplaces including one in the master bedroom and a retreat with custom shelving. There are multiple ceiling fans and French doors. […]