2011-03-03

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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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2011-03-03 E-Edition

Oak Park teens are CERTainly ready



A group of Oak Park teenagers is now ready to help if disaster should strike their neighborhood. They are the first high school class in the county to complete the Teen CERT curriculum that consists of disaster preparedness, fire safety and suppression, emergency medical operations, basic search and rescue, CERT operations, disaster psychology and terrorism. Many communities in Ventura County […]

2011 Calabasas City Council election

Results available after 8 p.m. Tues., March 8

http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/elections/2011/results.html  

Young Agoura surfer making big waves



Septic tank owners should come clean, city says

Calabasas files lawsuit against six homeowners


In the final week of a Calabasas City Council race in which septic tank regulations are seen as a dividing issue, officials announced they have filed lawsuits against six property owners who are refusing to have their wastewater systems undergo inspection. Citing unsuccessful attempts to achieve voluntary compliance with the its 2010 septic inspection ordinance, the city filed suit in […]

Hilton made aware of rare plant at site

Foundation pledges to protect Ojai navarretia


The possibility of destroying a rare Santa Monica Mountains plant failed to stop the the Agoura Hills Planning Commission from approving plans for the new Conrad Hilton Foundation headquarters in the city. Experts warned the Ojai navarretia, a flowering plant native to Ventura County and the western edge of Los Angeles County, could be obliterated on a part of the […]

E-waste collection gives Grad Nite a big lift



Leaf blowers, 30th birthday discussed in Westlake




Westlake Village officials are considering a proposal to regulate noisy leaf blowers in the city. Councilmember Philippa Klessig proposed the crackdown because she says the blowers often disturb the neighborhood peace. “It would be nice to have quiet in the early morning and evenings and on Sundays,” Klessig said. But following a brief debate, the City Council concluded that regulating […]

Meeting times change in Agoura



The Agoura Hills City Council will meet an hour earlier starting in March. Instead of opening meetings at the regular time of 7 p.m., the council will start at 6 p.m. beginning with the Wed., March 9 meeting. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Meetings are held at city hall, 30001 Ladyface Court, […]

Your turn to sound off on taxes



The battle between Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Sacramento over the proposed tax extension is born of a long and downright ugly past. Most agree it began when the state couldn’t resist spending the millions of dollars that poured into California’s coffers thanks to the dot-com bonanza of the late ’90s. The state unwisely spent beyond its means and never […]