2018-05-03

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'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.

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AT THE LIBRARY

The Calabasas Public Library at 200 Civic Center Way will present the following free programs in May. The library will be closed for the Memorial Day weekend Sat. and Sun., May 26 and 27. Story time will be cancelled on Wed., May 30. Call (818) 225-7616 or go to cityofcalabasas.com/library for more information. Yoga and You will take place at […]

Mom delivered a punch over pot roast

Hot Flashes

“My horse’s name was Big Shot,” Mom explained with an impish grin. Seated in her perch at one end of the kitchen table, with hair neatly flipped into a French twist, she was always elegant when she delivered a punch line. I do the twist too, but only after a glass of something French. Back to Mom and Big Shot […]

Our Little Lady of the Big Pines

On the Trail

When I first lived in the Wildwood area of Thousand Oaks, my landlord conditionally granted me “partial backyard privileges.” He was aware I enjoyed gardening. “If you are a good tenant, I’ll clear out all that backyard debris for you to plant a garden.” The landlord was true to his word. First I wanted to plant some trees to create […]

Peggy Mae McLaughlin

83, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on March 18, 2018 in her home of 60 years at Malibou Lake. Born on May 27, 1934 to Ralph and Darlene Anderson in Huntington Park, California. Married Robert McLaughlin on August 29, 1954. Moved to Malibou Lake in 1956. Preceded in death by her […]

Cancer group gala

keeps hope alive for seasons to come

Fiesta fun

Corral 36, the local chapter of Equestrian Trails Inc., will host a Cinco de Mayo Line Dance Fiesta at 6 p.m. Sat., May 5 in Agoura Hills. ETI Corral 36 encourages members of the nonprofit to prepare for the next fire season. The membership consists of many horse owners who are especially vulnerable in an emergency. The amount of time […]

Briefs

Brewing up a fundraiser for critter care Brew Fest, an event to benefit homeless animals in need of medical care at the Agoura Animal Care Center, will run from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sun., May 6 at Twisted Oak Tavern, 30105 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Local breweries that will be represented are: 8 one 8 Brewing, Casa Agria Specialty Ales, […]

Hear no EarPods, see new Airpods

Family Man

You know it’s the end of the world when a teenager’s in-ear headphones break. Those Apple EarPods are life to a teen, and if they don’t work anymore, any upgrade will do. My son is 14. We pay him for his grades: an A gets him $20, a B $10, a C nothing, a D costs him $10 and an […]

Youth play to spin its magic

Young Artists Ensemble journeys to the barnyard for “Charlotte’s Web,” a heartwarming play about a smart spider who befriends a pig. The production, based on the classic book by E.B. White, will be performed May 4 through 20 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and […]

Hop aboard this fun magic carpet ride

PLAY REVIEW /// ‘Aladdin Jr.’


Oaks Christian Middle School took audiences on a madcap magic carpet ride last week with its production of “Aladdin Jr.” The Disney musical, which ran April 26 to 29 in the Westlake Village school’s Bedrosian Pavilion, featured freewheeling humor and a melodious score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. The show was packed with over-the-top characters and broadly […]