2015-05-28

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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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New ballot measure will extend Calabasas open space protection




In addition to choosing two council members in the November municipal election, voters in Calabasas will decide whether they want to continue protection of open space in their community. The Calabasas City Council voted unanimously to place a measure on the November ballot that will seek to add a new layer of defense for the designated open spaces. Officials are […]

Briefs



Take a stand on human trafficking The Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking will present a Pearls of Gratitude awareness event called “In Plain Sight”about human trafficking at 11:30 a.m. Sat., May 30 at Muvico in The Oaks mall, Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Tickets, which can be purchased in the lobby one hour prior, are $15 for adults and $10 […]

THE Event going green this year

Gala has raised $780,000 for school district


The Foundation for Las Virgenes Schools, an umbrella organization that raises extra money for the 16 local schools, is hosting its fourth annual party at the Calabasas Tennis and Swim Club on Sat., June 6. Party organizers announced that the shindig, touted as THE Event, is going green this year. The group connected with Waste Management and the Las Virgenes […]

Winning posters take a fair amount of work



The Ventura County Fair has selected the winners of its sixth annual Children’s Poster Contest open to youth in grades five through 12. This year’s fair theme is “A Country Fair with Ocean Air.” The contest received 57 entries from every city in Ventura County. The judges were: fairgrounds CEO Barbara Quaid, Ventura County Fair director Jim Salzer, Youth Expo […]

Calabasas concerts return

ABBA tribute band to kick off 2015 Sun Sets series on June 7

The Sun Sets concert series returns to Calabasas Lake, starting with a June 7 performance by Abba Fab, a tribute band that will play songs from the well-known Swedish band ABBA. The group was popular for its monster 70s and 80s hits such as “Waterloo,” “Fernando,” “Honey Honey” and “Dancing Queen.” The Sun Set concerts are co-sponsored by the city […]

Calabasas mayor clowns around for ‘Red Nose Day’

During Chamber luncheon, Lucy Martin promotes fundraising campaign as part of global movement


Before she began her speech at the 2015 Calabasas Chamber of Commerce Mayor’s Luncheon May 21, Lucy Martin put on a red clown nose and asked the audience to do the same with the red noses on their tables in recognition of a worldwide movement that aims to lift children out of poverty. “Red Nose Day” is a fundraising campaign […]

Mac Stelle, LVMWD leader, dead at 94



Macneil “Mac” Stelle, one of the founding members of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, died May 17 at the age of 94. According to David Pedersen, general manager of the water district, Stelle died in his sleep at home in Thousand Oaks. Both Stelle and his wife, Alice, were instrumental in the growth of not only the water district […]

Believe it or not, heavy rain a concern

Filtering storm water an expensive proposition


In the middle of a record drought, it’s hard to believe that storm water runoff is high on the list of worries. But when it rains it pours, and on May 14 a group of 50 people gathered in a community room at Diamond X Ranch to discuss what to do when polluted runoff from those winter storms enters the […]