2012-03-29

Read the Latest Acorn!

Click below to read the latest edition of The Acorn!

Enjoy the new online reading experience!

Subscribe to The Acorn

Acorn online content now offered free

'Paywall' removed

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

Easter sunrise service at Camarillo cemetary



Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory will host its third annual Easter sunrise service at 6:15 a.m. Sun., April 8 at the memorial park, 2052 Howard Road, Camarillo. The service will be outdoors with the sunrise and mountains as a backdrop for the ceremony. The Rev. Charlie Maloney, senior pastor of Camarillo Christian Church, will lead the service. […]

The doozy dozen wildflower sampler



With a quirky winter/spring weather pattern of sporadic soaking rains, intense wind activity and withering heat waves, wildflower displays in the Santa Monica Mountains may occur at staggered intervals—not following any customary timeline for their appearance. It may be a good year for them or not—in truth, our native flora’s most predictable spectacles are produced post-fire. “Fire rejuvenates plants by […]

‘Kitchen and Cooks’ tour to benet kids in need



The Assistance League of Conejo Valley will host its annual fundraiser, Kitchens and Cooks Tour and Boutiques and Bites, on Sun., April 22. The tour of five kitchens in private homes will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The boutique will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in O’Reilly Hall, St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church, 5801 Kanan Road, […]

Team Fuego battles it out



Chaminade opens new performing art center



Chaminade College Preparatory in West Hills has opened The Tutor Family Center for the Performing Arts. The $9.7-million state-of-the art facility houses teaching and rehearsal space for drama, dance, band and choral students. The drama room doubles as a black box theater; while the dance room features a sprung, slip-resistant floor. The band and choir rooms each have acoustic treatments. […]

Club to host fashion show to help prevent child abuse



The Westlake Women’s Club will host its annual luncheon/ fashion show, “Fashions on Parade,” sponsored by The Oaks mall, on Fri., April 13 at the Westlake Hyatt Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Prevent Child Abuse America has introduced the pinwheel as the symbol for child abuse and neglect prevention nationwide. The campaign represents the organization’s efforts to change […]

Rosemary Armstrong



Agoura Hills,CA, Appache Junction,AZ, Coarsegold, CA. April 2, 1936-February 28,2012 The family of Rosemary Armstrong sadly announcesCMY her passing Feb. 28. 2012. She was born and raised in K Minneapolis, Minn. She passed away after a 16 month courageous battle of Lymphoma cancer and the struggles of chemo, and we would like to thank Dr. Gary Schwartz and the staff […]

AHS alum to perform in tuba recital



Agoura Hills resident Paul Luxenberg will host a faculty tuba recital at 1 p.m. Sat., March 31 at Cypress Hall (music building), Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Luxenberg will be joined by concert pianist Timothy Durkovic, a Juilliard alumnus. They will play works by J.S. Bach, Robert Schumann, Robert Spillman and John Williams. Luxenberg began playing the tuba […]

‘Avenue Q’ student edition better than original



In 2007, Music Theatre International announced it would be releasing a “school edition” of edgy musical “Avenue Q,” an R-rated satire of children’s television aimed at realistic issues in the lives of young adults. As with “Rent,” another show with mature themes, the possibility of a “toned-down” “ Avenue Q” was met with ridicule, scorn, and predictions that “it couldn’t […]

Music festival at Unity church



Unity of the Oaks Church of Thousand Oaks will present its sixth annual Music Fest at 6:30 p.m. Fri., April 13 at the Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The event will feature local musicians, hors d’oeuvres, beverages, and a silent and Chinese auction with gift baskets and allinclusive vacations. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Manna, […]