2018-06-28

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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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Locklear in trouble again



Homegrown celebrity Heather Locklear is facing fresh criminal charges that she kicked two first responders last Sunday during an incident that began with a 911 call from her North Ranch home. Already free on bail and awaiting trial on a similar incident that took place in February, Locklear is looking at two additional counts of battery following the June 24 […]

Westlake Promenade shake-up

Shake Shack to replace PS 805


In-n-Out, Five Guys, Umami Burger, Stacked, Lucky’s Dog House, Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers: There’s no shortage of places in the Conejo Valley to chow down on a delicious burger. Soon, there will be one more. New York-based Shake Shack, a cult favorite, is shimmying into the Westlake Promenade. Sometime after the last bell rang for Public School 805 restaurant […]

Enjoy Independence Day, but use good judgment

Next Wednesday is the Fourth of July and as always there will be no shortage of things to do: picnics, parades, concerts and, of course, fireworks. Any conversation about Independence Day must begin with a reminder that fireworks aren’t just illegal, but dangerous. In Ventura County, fire department officials remind residents that anyone found in possession of fireworks or caught […]

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Jewish ‘eruv’ is back and brings with it more protests

It has been over 10 years since I first learned of eruvs and their symbolic significance for Orthodox Jewish communities. For those who are seeing this word for the first time, the dictionary defines an eruv as “an urban area enclosed by a wire boundary that symbolically extends the private domain of Jewish households into public areas, permitting activities within […]

Kanan and Agoura is not the place to build

To say there is little enthusiasm for the proposed Ave development at Kanan and Agoura roads in Agoura Hills is a gross understatement; there is none. And developer spokesperson Brad Rosenheim should really stop insulting the intelligence of the residents. To have the nerve to say, “I don’t believe the streets will be significantly impacted, and I don’t believe there […]

New pump station weighs on OP residents

At the June 26 MAC meeting, Oak Park leaders voted to transfer open space to our local water wholesaler. The water district plans to build a new pump and pressure station in the Wistful Vista Open Space on the most scenic part of Lindero Canyon Road and abutting a grassy field at Yerba Buena Elementary School. There may be a […]

Chamber hosts economic forecast breakfast

LOOKING AHEAD—Above, Jon Irwin, chief operating officer at Ring, the Santa Monica-based home security company, addresses the 2018 Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce Regional Economic Forecast breakfast June 22 in Westlake Village. Also speaking at the morning presentation at the Hyatt Regency Westlake was Matthew Fienup, below, executive director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at Cal […]

LVMWD touts water quality

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District has released and mailed its 2017 Water Quality Report to homes and businesses throughout the district’s 122-square-mile service area. LVMWD says the annual publication of test results reflects water quality analyses conducted throughout 2017 and shows that the district’s customers continue to receive excellent quality drinking water. State and federal law require that all water […]

Sounds of refreshment

The Global Truth Center will host a special sound bath meditation led by Eric Matthew Sedorovitz from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Fri., June 29 at 880 Hampshire Road, Ste. V, Westlake Village. Part meditation and part listening exercise, sound baths are said to be restorative musical performances using Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls, gongs and biosonic tuning forks. Participants lie […]