2008-04-04

Read the Latest Camarillo Acorn!

Click below to read the latest edition of The Camarillo Acorn!

Enjoy the new online reading experience!

Subscribe to The Camarillo Acorn

Acorn online content now offered free

'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.

Archives

Living trust provides alternative to probate



With a living trust, you can completely avoid the need for a conservatorship if you become incapacitated, a guardianship if minor children are involved and probate when you die. Defining a living trust A living trust is a legal document that allows you to transfer ownership of your titled property- i.e., your home, other real estate, cars, stocks, bonds, bank […]

A day at the library



FAMILY FUN- Paul Stamper, at left, reads to his son Andrew, 5, at the Camarillo Library on Sunday, while 4-year-old Trinity Levy, below, enjoys the warm sunlight with a giant stuffed panda in the library’s children’s section. The Camarillo library celebrated its first anniversary Sunday with music, flamenco dancing, story readings and food.

Use more mulch, less water in garden

Agromin offers tips for April

Warm air and soil temperatures make April an ideal time to plant summer vegetables and flowers, say experts at Agromin, a Camarillo-based manufacturer of soil products. •Plant vegetables: Coastal area residents still have time to plant cool-season vegetables such as lettuce, carrots and radishes. For the rest of the county, it’s time for warmseason vegetables such as tomatoes, corn, squash, […]

Camarillo youngster a Build-A-Bear semifinalist



Sixyearold Camarillo resident Quinn Rohrbach has been named a semifinalist in the 2008 Huggable Heroes search. She is one of 120 young people honored by Build-A-Bear Workshop for demonstrating leadership to help make the world a better place. Quinn is being recognized for helping raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation by participating in various activities such as diabetes […]

Remote control cars fly at Freedom Park



KEEP ON TRUCKIN’- Ventura resident Tucker Fontana, 13, drives his remote control offroad truck last Saturday at the Freedom Park Raceway in Camarillo. Fontana, who has been interested in RC cars for about six months, was there with his dad for the afternoon.

Anti-violence event upcoming



The Ventura County Interfaith Community will sponsor an Alternative to Violence demonstration/lecture and a Victory Over Violence exhibit at 7 p.m. Tues., April 8 at the SGI-USA Oxnard Activity Center, 2340 Wankel Way, Oxnard. Guest speakers are UC Santa Barbara professor Stephen Pope and mediator Percy Severn. A representation from the Oxnard Police Department will also attend. For more information, […]

Methodist kids perform plays



The children of the Camarillo United Methodist Church will present a Youth Drama Night at 7 p.m. Sat., April 26 in Brooks Hall at the church, 291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo. The evening will include two drama performances and a short dialogue. A $5 per person donation is requested, which will include pie and hot drinks. For more information, call (805) […]

Community Briefs



Center for Creative Living offers classes The Center for Creative Living’s spring session will offer 18 classes at the Camarillo United Methodist Church during April and May. This is the fifth session of classes at the church for adults and children. Ten of the classes are for multiple sessions, and eight are onesession classes. Subjects include yoga, music, American Sign […]

Sheriff’s Blotter



A carjacking occurred between 6:30 and 7:11 p.m. March 26 in the 1700 block of S. Lewis Road. Two subjects, ages 29 and 18, were charged with the crime at 7:11 p.m. the same night in the 700 block of Mobile Avenue. A stolen check was altered and forged into the amount of $9,276.12 between Jan. 21 and March 24 […]

Pet of the Week



BUNDLE OF FLUFF- Loolee is a 6-month-old Siberian Huskey/Jindo mix. She is a little shy and needs some training, but she is friendly, sweet and gentle. Loolee can be adopted at the Camarillo Animal Shelter; ask for ID No.A437596. Call (805) 388-4341 or visit www.vcar.us.