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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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‘HOME is the nicest word there is’

Walnut Grove comes back to life with 1870s-style food, music and entertainment

Soroptimists celebrate women’s triumphs

Women who have overcome adversity and transformed their lives were celebrated during Soroptimist International of Simi Valley’s annual Live Your Dream Award dinner Feb. 29 at Los Robles Greens in Thousand Oaks. Community members, leaders and supporters listened to powerful stories shared by women, both past and present Live Your Dream Award recipients, who have faced and conquered formidable challenges […]

Come one, come all: New Arroyo trail segment is done

Rancho Simi park district officials invite the community to join them at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of improvements made along a segment of the Arroyo Simi Greenway. The event is set to take place at 3:30 p.m., Thurs., March 28 at Darrah Volunteer Park, 3700 Royal Ave. The Greenway Trail is 12 miles long and runs east […]

Calling all cooks: Deadline to drop off entries is approaching

Jams, breads, pies and other ‘Prairie Delights’ will be judged

On the first night in her new home, just-married Laura Ingalls Wilder was preparing to cook dinner. Glancing out at her garden, she spied a pie plant. That clinched it. She’d make rhubarb pie for dessert. “Pie plant” is a 19th century nickname for rhubarb. The plant was an important one for Wilder and other 1880s-era pioneers because it was […]

Make mermaids part of your world at Ventura Harbor Village

You don’t have to venture fathoms below to mingle with mermaids. That’s because “March is Mermaid Month” at Ventura Harbor Village, 1583 Spinnaker Drive, in Ventura. During this ninth annual celebration, lovers of the sea and landlubbers alike can celebrate these mystical sirens with free ocean-inspired festivities from noon to 3 p.m. on select dates, as well as on Sat., […]

Just the ticket for sound healing

Funds will help ailing people go to concerts, musicals

Music is food for the soul . . . and no one needs that kind emotional nourishment more than people who are chronically ill or chronically depressed. The Music Rx is a nonprofit that’s trying to feed these troubled souls by “sharing the power of music one song at a time.” The group works to raise money so it can […]

‘Little House’ tunes will resonate when Storytellers band performs

The Storytellers have songs to sing and stories to tell—and many of them are related to “Little House on the Prairie.” The bluegrass group is headlining the Little House on the Prairie 50th Anniversary Cast Reunion & Festival taking place March 22 to 24 at Rancho Santa Susana Park in Simi Valley. Hosted by the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce, […]

A Gilbert and Sullivan classic goes steampunk

THEATER REVIEW /// ‘The Mikado’


Since its premiere 139 years ago, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” has become one of the most popular and important light operettas of all time. The satire of 19th century British institutions features several songs that have flourished outside the context of the show, including “Willow, Titwillow,” “A Wandering Minstrel I” and “The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring.” But […]

A ring-a-ding salute to the Rat Pack

Woozy and wobbly, Dean Martin would wander onstage at Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel in the early 1960s and wonder aloud, “How’d all these people get in my room?” It was pure shtick. The tumbler he was clutching was filled with apple juice, not whiskey, and the King of Cool was fully aware the sold-out crowd was there to see him […]

Simi Valley Adventist hosts Charlton Heston Bible series

As the Hebrew prophet Moses, Charlton Heston placed an indelible stamp on “The Ten Commandments.” By turns “majestic and terrible as his role demands,” the actor earned his first Golden Globe nomination for best actor in the 1956 film. “God has set before you this day his laws of life, and good, and death, and evil,” Heston says in the […]


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