2020-06-05

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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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2020-06-05 E-Edition

RAISING THEIR VOICES

FREE Protests a means to effect change for some, a cause of angst for others


Peaceful demonstrations across the nation decrying the death of George Floyd have in many instances been disrupted by violence and destruction. Though Southern California has seen its share of vandalism and looting, protests in Ventura County have so far remained largely conflict-free. Still, fears that civil unrest could boil over in Simi Valley have residents and city officials calling for […]

Council to review proposed $75.3M budget

BUDGET REVIEW


Despite the two-month shutdown of many local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, city staff anticipates presenting a balanced budget to the Simi Valley City Council on Monday. The council will review the proposed $75.3-million budget for 2020-21, with roughly 85%, or $64.1 million, going to personnel salaries and benefits as well as pensions for former and current municipal and police […]

Local cops assist with LA unrest



The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and other local law agencies sent deputies and officers to Los Angeles to help respond to riots and looting over the weekend. VCSO Capt. Eric Buschow said it is part of a long-standing mutual aid agreement between first responders in California. Ventura County has been the recipient of similar aid during major emergencies, such as […]

County health officers granted greater control over reopening



Daland Swim School is in uncharted waters. Though technically open, the 33-year-old aquatic center on Wilbur Road in Thousand Oaks can’t use its primary asset: an Olympic-size swimming pool. Gone are the sounds of flailing arms and kicking feet splashing through the water. Instructors and lifeguards, who were rehired after the small business qualified for a Paycheck Protection Program loan, are […]

King verdict does not define us

GUEST OPINION /// 28 years later


Twenty-eight years later, people still want to define our residents and the character of our community by the Rodney King verdict. This perspective has been reinvigorated as the country is faced with the death of another unarmed black man, George Floyd. At the time of the Rodney King verdict, residents of Simi Valley were called racists and worse. Some still […]

Fatal fire victim identified

Second fire injures one, displaces three


A woman who died in a mobile home fire last week has been identified as 63-year-old Jill Enriquez, according to the Ventura County medical examiner. Enriquez lived in the mobile home, which was located on a remote property near Santa Susana Pass and Box Canyon roads in the Santa Susana Knolls. It caught fire just before 5 p.m. May 27, […]

In Simi, we see the promise of a brighter tomorrow

EDITORIAL

Even in this city we call home, the death last week of George Floyd has again scratched raw an unhealed wound that has been felt daily by some and not at all by others. The past week of protests, the past two months of quarantine and the uncertainty about what tomorrow holds have left us all on edge. But here […]

Political Cartoon

Defending Mayor Mashburn

I felt compelled to respond to John Lapper’s May 29 letter. What grabbed my attention was the headline: “Wants Mayor to step up to the plate.” We citizens of Ventura County have not been lulled into a false sense of security because stats were low for COVID-19. You, sir, are lulled into compliance with edicts that reek of overreach of […]