2022-06-17

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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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2022-06-17 E-Edition

March against gun violence

Protesters fed up with incessant shootings coast to coast


When elementary school teacher Brynn Hutchinson goes through active shooter drills with her class, students often have questions. They ask what they should do if the shooter manages to get in the room or where they should hide if they’re in the bathroom when the shooting starts. “We’ve talked about standing on the toilet to get your feet up,” she […]

Hertzberg, Horvath eye November runoff as Stern appears done

ELECTION 2022
Local challenger
not likely to gain top two finish


State Sen. Henry Stern (D-Calabasas) has some ground to make up if he wants to break into the November runoff for the District 3 seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. With nearly 366,000 ballots countywide left to be tallied, state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) and West Hollywood City Council member Lindsey Horvath, also a Democrat, are […]

Roadway, pedestrian safety a thing in Westlake



By ditching dog park upgrades, the Westlake Village City Council took a small step forward in reimagining its streets. Pushed by Mayor Brad Halpern, the five-member council on June 8 shifted $100,000 intended for the city dog park on Oak Crest Drive to the goal of achieving safer streets in a city rocked by the 2020 pedestrian deaths of Mark […]

Remember old Kmart site? Finally there’s a plan



After sitting vacant and in an ever increasingly dilapidated state for the last 18 years, the former Thousand Oaks Kmart site will serve a new purpose. At its Tuesday meeting, the City Council voted 5-0 to approve a 420-unit mixed residential and commercial project for the nearly 11-acre Hampshire Road property submitted by IMT Residential, a builder of apartment complexes […]

‘No’ voters say yes to energy independence



Aware of ongoing concern over America’s dependence on foreign oil fueled in part by the recent pipeline disruptions in Ukraine, voters in last week’s primary election are saying no to a pair of measures that sought to curb Ventura County’s oil and natural gas industry. Measures A and B—the costliest in county history—would have increased local government oversight in the […]

Dogged COVID virus still nipping at our heels

EDITORIAL

Icky. That’s the name of a Chihuahua that stowed away in its owners’ luggage when they were packing for a flight to Vegas last year. The dog had burrowed into a cowboy boot that was packed at the last minute and wasn’t noticed until parents had to reopen their suitcase at check-in because it was overweight. Thankfully, Icky was safe […]

Political Cartoon

Longtime local businessman sounds off on the drought

California always had a boomand bust cycle of precipitation due to the El Niño and La Niña oscillation. Currently, we are in the third year of a dry La Niña cycle. We are told by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that La Niña is retreating and by the end of this summer we will be neutral or back even […]

Good guys, bad guys with guns

I did find one part of Mr. Lomas’ recent letter beyond the pale. He cites an incident in which he says, “On May 25 a ‘good guy’ with a gun, who was actually a woman (sic), stopped a man with a rifle—not sure if the man or the woman had the rifle—who shot into a graduation party, as reported by […]