2020-09-18

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'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.

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2020-09-18 E-Edition

A walk in the park

4 candidate forums on tap

Organizers seek to engage voters in discussion about local issues, politics


Political forums can be tricky to arrange under normal circumstances, and with the ongoing prohibition on large gatherings, organizers face new layers of difficulty as they try to get candidates together to discuss the issues. But with the help of technology, Simi Valley voters will still have several opportunities to get acquainted with the people who seek to represent them […]

Catalytic converter thefts leave vehicle owners fuming



There are many things that can break on a car, but when the engine turns over and it sounds like a drag racing machine, the problem might not be what’s there, but what’s not there—like a missing catalytic converter. A catalytic converter is a device connected to a vehicle’s exhaust system that reduces toxic gases and pollutants from an internal […]

From public golf course to private homes

Developers get design approval from commission


After 15 years of planning, developers are moving closer to breaking ground on a residential development at the former Lost Canyons Golf Club. On Sept. 2, the Simi Valley Planning Commission gave final design and architectural approval for the first phase of the 364-home project at 3301 Lost Canyons Drive. Commission members signed off on architectural designs, floor plans and […]

Trick-or-treating discouraged, but not banned



Bring back the snack-size Snickers and cue the costumes: Halloween’s had a reprieve . . . sort of. After announcing a cancellation of trick-or-treating on Tuesday, along with other traditional holiday activities, Ventura County authorities on Wednesday issued revised Halloween guidance in which door-to-door trick-or-treating is still discouraged, but not banned. “I’m sure you’ve been waiting for this shoe to drop,” […]

Wildfire season meets the pandemic

How COVID will impact evacuations


When the Hill and Woolsey fires surrounded the Conejo Valley in a ring of flames in November 2018, over 1,400 residents fled their homes and found shelter in Red Cross evacuation centers. This week, almost two years later, the menace of wildfires looms larger than ever as clouds of smoke blanket the entire West Coast of the United States. But […]

When life is on the line, compassion matters

EDITORIAL

Few words in the English language elicit as highly charged a response as suicide. Despite its prevalence, and how it uproots lives in such a dramatic way, suicide is rarely discussed in social settings, and even less so publicly. Many families who’ve had loved ones take their own lives suffer in silence, either because they share guilt over the act […]

Political Cartoon

Lack of concern is appalling

In reading the article titled “Unmasked Maven,” I found it amusing that someone felt so strongly about not wearing a mask to prevent the spread of a virus. For years, we have seen mask-wearing in Japan during flu season. They seem to understand it helps control the spreading of a virus contracted by breathing. Even her attempt to rally the […]