2009-10-15

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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.

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Alternative sites considered for Agoura Hills cellular tower

City wants facility away from middle school

Agoura Hills City Council members will hire an independent consultant to determine whether the public right-of-way on Thousand Oaks Boulevard will make a better location for the proposed cell antenna that was planned for Lindero Canyon Middle School. Council members heard presentations by T-Mobile representatives and opponents to the project on Sept. 23, and continued the public hearing to Oct. […]

Players remember fallen teammate



TOUCHED— Members of the Conejo Valley Torch softball team hold hands in memory of Jessica Roberts, a 14-year-old high school freshman who died in a Sept. 26 car crash on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas. Jessica was a member of the team which was competing at a tournament in Ventura. At right, some flowers and a softball rest atop first base. […]

Oak Park water rates run higher

Blame placed on dwindling supply

Oak Park Water Service customers saw significant increases in their bills this month. The jump reflects an increase in the cost of water purchased from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which provides water to Oak Park via Calleguas Municipal Water District. The higher rates also are required to pay for maintenance and improvements to infrastructure, including construction of the […]

2009 Take Your Acorn on Vacation photo winner!



TREE PEOPLE— Rachel Kraut, Cameron Lloyd, Cooper Coradeschi, Garrett Burns, Andrew Kraut, Cole Coradeschi, Nicholas Lloyd and Connor Burns climb an old oak tree and read their Acorn during a family campout at Lake Lopez in San Luis Opispo County. Their photo won this year’s $100 top prize. For second and third place and honorable mentions, please see page 30.

ALS support group to meet



A support group for individuals with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24 at the Westlake Village Library community room, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. The group offers support to those with ALS, their families and friends. Meetings are free. For more information, call Kimberley Daughton at (818) 865-8067, ext. 225.

Surgeon to speak about breast reconstruction Oct. 29



The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura will host a free breast cancer connection seminar titled “Breast Cancer Reconstruction Options” with Jay Granzow, MD, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 29 at 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village. Participants will learn about the different types of breast reconstruction procedures available, and also the pros and cons of each type to help breast cancer […]

Take Your Acorn on Vacation Photo Contest



Breast cancer awareness programs are scheduled at hospital, mall

Both seminars are free

The 13th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar, sponsored by Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, will take place on two consecutive Wednesdays, Oct. 21 and 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the hospital, classroom 1, 215 W. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. A light supper will be served. Parking is free in the hospital’s parking structure. •On Oct. 21, the featured speakers […]

RAP session to discuss raising teens



Calabasas High School’s parent advisory program will kick off this year with a panel discussion with Dr. Barbara Greenberg, author of “Teenage as a Second Language: A Parent’s Guide to Becoming Bilingual,” and members of Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station’s Juvenile Intervention Team. The first meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. 21 in the school’s library. The adults-only education […]

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