The Acorn Newspapers scored six, First Place finishes in the 2026 California Journalism Awards contest hosted by the California News Publishers Association (CNPA), a nonprofit trade association representing the daily and weekly newspapers doing business in California. Judges around the state reviewed thousands of entries from large urban newspapers to small rural publicationsu2014on both print and digital platforms. Criteria included <a href="https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/compelling-stories-powerful-photos-put-acorn-in-contest-win-column/">[…]</a>