2018-11-15

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

Dmitri Wood

Dmitri Wood, 17- year resident of Agoura Hills, president of Malibu Refrigeration and Santa Monica Heating and Air Conditioning, died on Sept. 20, 2018. Dmitri was a fun and sensitive man, his family shared. He loved people, the ocean, eclectic and quirky art, golf, cooking, music and family. He was raised in Malibu and attended Point Dume Elementary, Malibu Park […]

Community members train for emergencies

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS— Lake Sherwood resident Shari Hill, who is with the Oak Park Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), adjusts her eye protection before a disaster drill begins at the seventh annual Community Emergency Response Team Academy Refresher on Nov. 3. About 200 CERT graduates,firefighters, volunteers and other emergency service personnel took part in the exercise held at the Ventura County […]

Still time to take action for toy drive

For the 15th consecutive year, ACTION’s Community Christmas Shoppe program will serve Ventura County families by providing free toys for Christmas. The deadline to donate is Dec. 5. Here’s how the program works: ACTION partners with social service agencies to identify families struggling financially during the holiday season. The families are then invited to attend one of the Shoppes held […]

Annual boat parade to light up Westlake Lake

Residents can start off the holiday season with a free family-friendly event. The Westlake Yacht Club will host its annual Boat Parade of Lights event Sun., Dec. 2 at 32123 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village. The public is welcome. Kids can meet a singing Santa and Mrs. Claus. Westlake High School’s award-winning singing ensemble, A Class Act, will perform. Chili, […]