2021-12-02

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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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2021-12-02 E-Edition

Bee Kind

Westlake Village, other cities, encourage beekeeping


Bees contribute in some way to about one in every three mouthfuls of food that make up the American diet, research shows. But the pollinators are dying out, succumbing to pesticides, climate change, loss of habitat, and disease. Westlake Village is joining other cities and the state of California in trying to protect bees by encouraging residents to take up […]

Storm packs punch

Thanksgiving
meal comes with power outage on the side


Thanksgiving Day allowed many families to reunite in person for the first time since the 2019 holiday when the pandemic had yet to be a thing. But for the approximately 65,000 Southern California Edison customers who had to endure at least part of the holiday without electricity due to the biggest windstorm of the year, the day turned into a […]

Jewish community celebrates season of lights

OVERCOME THE DARKNESS—Deborah Klein Lopez, soon to be the new mayor of Agoura Hills, lights a menorah candle along with Rabbi Moshe Bryski from Chabad of the Conejo during a Nov. 30 ceremony at Agoura Hills City Hall to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the holy temple […]

Popular school rings final bell

Born Learners enthusiasm ‘finally waned’


Class is over for one of Agoura Hills’ oldest and most beloved private schools. The Born Learners School for Early Childhood Education celebrates its 43rd year in operation on Dec. 3, but it will be the final birthday for the school on Agoura Road. A home to pre-school, junior kindergarten, and kindergarten age kids since 1979, Born Learners announced it […]

Four arrested in brazen carjacking



A rare carjacking Tuesday morning in Thousand Oaks resulted in the arrest of four individuals wanted for a rash of car break-ins, police said. Just after 1 a.m. Nov. 30, two males and two females in a dark-colored Ford Expedition approached a man sitting in a black Range Rover parked outside his La Granada Drive home, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office […]

Klein Lopez in line for mayor


Deborah Klein Lopez is scheduled to be sworn in as the new mayor of Agoura Hills at the city’s annual government reorganization meeting Thursday evening. Elected to the City Council in 2018, Lopez is a longtime public servant with extensive experience in the fields of government, education, public health, environmental justice and economic equality. Her broad-reach activism has included serving […]

Calabasas mulls city vaccine mandate



Coinciding with the recent news about a coronaviruss variant called Omicron, people entering city facilities in Calabasas might soon be asked to show proof of COVID vaccination or a negative test for the disease. At a Dec. 1 special meeting the Calabasas City Council was scheduled to take up a city staff request to provide guidance on a “vaccination verification […]

Economy on the rebound, but costly housing, slow growth problematic



Our regional economy made a sharp rebound from the depths of the pandemic, but longer-standing issues such as the high cost of housing and stagnant economic growth continue to present challenges. Those were the key findings from the 2021 State of the Region Report recently released by the Ventura County Civic Alliance. The 116-page report looked at agriculture, employment, voter […]

Fond memories delivered without global supply chain

EDITORIAL

Close your eyes and recall a gift you received during the last holiday season. How about two years ago? Three? What about five? As one’s memory fades, maybe a single present will come to mind, maybe two, if that. Now, do the same with the people you shared those holidays with. We’re guessing it’s the people who spark the truly […]