Leon Worden
on Local Television
Leon hosts half-hour interview programs, "Legacy" and "SCV Newsmaker of the Week."
POPULAR SELECTIONS:
in COINage magazine
Leon is a regular contributor to COINage magazine, the largest U.S. numismatic monthly.
in the Old Town Newhall Gazette
Leon is the editor and publisher of the Old Town Newhall Gazette.
SCV History in Valley Living Magazine
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About Leon Worden
A Santa Clarita Valley (Calif.) resident since 1970, UCLA graduate and award-winning journalist
(Associated Press, California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association, Numismatic Literary Guild
awards for investigative reporting, business writing, opinion pages, websites), Leon was Senior Editor of The Signal newspaper until 2007.
Current President and CEO of SCVTV, he has produced local television programming since 2002 and has served as president
of the SCV Historical Society, chairman of the City of Santa Clarita's Newhall Redevelopment Committee, founding director
of the Friends of Mentryville, founding member of the Los Angeles County Small Business Commission and the county's
Ad-Hoc Committee on Homeless Services (SCV), and co-creator of the SCV Sheriff Station's first Haunted Jailhouse. Leon continues
to serve as chairman of the Santa Clarita Valley Fourth of July Parade; publisher of the Old Town Newhall Gazette;
manager of SCVTV.com, SCV History In Pictures (scvhistory.com) and other local websites; member of the Newhall
Redevelopment Committee; president of Santa Clarita Valley Communications Group (a nonprofit publishing and production company);
and is a regular contributing writer for COINage, the largest U.S. numismatic monthly. He has won consecutive NLG awards
for best coin article in a U.S. coin magazine (2006, 2007); in 2008 he won the NLG's top journalism award for best numismatic
article in any medium, worldwide. Leon can be found in the magazine section of major bookstores across the country.
• Future Destination: Historic Santa Clarita Valley (11-20-2009)
• SCV's Historic Locations: Where to Find Them (2005 Update) (3-29-2005)
• WAL-MART COMETH (Again ... and Again ... and Again) (1-30-2005)
• Have We Sucked the Life Out of Our River? (10-6-2004)
• City Acts to Save Newhall's Pioneer Oil Refinery (10-2-2004)
• A New Ending For the Great Saugus Train Robbery of '29 (9-4-2004)
• Wal-Mart's in Valencia; Tesoro del Valle Isn't (9-2-2004)
• Newhall By Any Other Name ... is Elayon (2-24-2004)
• Ramon Perea: A Forgotten Name at Pico (2-17-2004)
• Preservation Group Hammers City But Misses the Nail's Head (11-13-2003)
• Ivan Dorset Remembers the St. Francis Dam Disaster (2-26-2003)
• Santa Clarita's Historic Locations: Where to Find Them (4-24-2002)
• Hart Bison Were Almost Burgers (1-13-2001)
• E.F. Beale and the Beasts of Tejon (1-13-1999)
• Piru: The Garden of Eden that might have been (7-15-1998)
• Darius Towsley: Towsley Canyon's Namesake (10-15-1997)
• Why the Hart High 'Indians'? (9-24-1997)
• Big Party Marks Newhall Hardware's 50th Anniversary (8-13-1997)
• How Santa Clarita Got Its House Numbers (7-16-1997)
• The 'Pioneer': California's First Successful Oil Refinery (7-9-1997)
• Revitalizating Newhall: An 80-Year Saga (6-25-1997)
• Movie Trivia From Beale's Cut (4-9-1997)
• Story of Sulphur Springs School (3-5-1997)
• Postwar Growth of the Santa Clarita Valley (2-19-1997)
• History of the Sheriff's Newhall Substation (11-8-1996)
• Historic A.B. Perkins photos resurface (9-25-1996)
• Newhall Ranch Study: Latin Conquest (Part 3) (8-28-1996)
• Indian Artifacts Found in Western SCV (8-21-1996)
• Newhall Ranch Study: California's First Gold? (8-14-1996)
• A Short History of Val Verde (7-24-1996)
• July 4th: An Old Newhall Tradition (7-3-1996)
• Spooky Happenings at Ruiz Cemetery (5-8-1996)
• California Gold: The F. Lopez Discovery (1-24-1996)
• Tataviam Indians on the Newhall Ranch (6-14-1995)
• Henry Newhall Builds an Empire (6-7-1995)
• Stick Around Awhile and Get Lost (Part 2) (3-1-1995)
• Ray Bradbury: Symbiosis and Metaphors (Part 1) (2-22-1995)
Misc. "Non-history"
• Standing Rock: Why I Went (9-24-2017)
• Westside, Tesoro: Local Control is Within Your Reach (10-25-2009)
• SCV Facilities Fdn.: 3 Tests Would Muzzle the Doubters (6-26-2005)
• In SCV, We Game the School Construction System (5-8-2005)
• What are city planners thinking? (5-15-02)
• Out, brief candle of Cityhood (4-10-02)
• A tale of two city councilmen (4-3-02)
• Porta Bella: 30 to 40 ways to die (3-13-02)
• $11 isn't $11 in WMI Lawyerland (3-6-02)
• Exploiting the Santa Clarita Valley (2-27-02)
• Why our city's trash problem is real (2-20-02)
• Caravalho: Ambassador to Indonesia (2-6-02)
• What price Golden Valley Ranch? (1-30-02)
• Live from the scene: Are you next? (1-19-02)
• The circuitous trip home and back (1-12-02)
• Women have always run the SCV (1-5-01)
• What can be done with Beale's Cut (5-5-00)
• Picayune jabs at a ho-hum election (4-7-00)
• What's up with redevelopment funds? (2-11-00)
• 1999: My worst year yet for predictions (1-7-00)
• Bittersweet birthday for an ill-run city (12-17-99)
• City, COC: Big steps in right direction (11-5-99)
• Cable company: Take this TV and shove it (10-29-99)
• Local radio doesn't quite make it to Y2K (10-8-99)
• Keep Canyon, change Hart district's name (10-1-99)
• Pauline's beau and chain store cannibals (9-24-99)
• Dare to be outrageous, Santa Clarita (9-17-99)
• Retail or e-tail, help's on the way (9-10-99)
• Summer's over. So what? Go cruising (9-3-99)
• Cybersex and free Internet access (8-27-99)
• Phone lines, cable lines, battle lines (8-20-99)
• E-commerce and (other) small business (8-13-99)
• Internet taxes and the state of the city (8-6-99)
• State steps backward on overtime law (7-30-99)
• D-Day nears for SCV businesses (7-23-99)
• Toys, books, records and a parade (7-10-99)
• Santa Clarita: Too good for an all-city award (7-2-99)
• Frank & Frank and the Flower-Loving Fly (3-3-99)
• Scratching their tails in Romper Room (2-17-99)
• Paying the price to clean our air (2-3-99)
• Wanted: MTA member to fight for roads (1-20-99)
• Predictions for the coming year (12-30-98)
• Thoughts on last week's impeachment (12-23-98)
• Freight trains coming home to Valencia? (12-16-98)
• Roads: The broken promise of Cityhood (12-2-98)
• Without insurance, taxpayers on hook (11-18-98)
• Porta Bella facts still coming to light (11-11-98)
• How's your thyroid? Chemical is in river (11-4-98)
• Vote Sheriff Block for a better choice (11-1-98)
• Should we ration our water supplies? (10-28-98)
• Local Republicans split over school bonds (10-21-98)
• There's crime in Santa Clarita. Duh. (10-14-98)
• Fingerprints in the water agency election (10-7-98)
• MOVIE REVIEW: Lights out for 'Permanent Midnight' (Escape, 10-2-98)
• A Porta Potty primer for newbies (9-30-98)
• Angels or asphalt in the outfield? (9-23-98)
• A secret deal for Santa Clarita Water? (9-16-98)
• Behind-the-scenes Central Park rumblings (9-9-98)
• A busy month and a really good cause (9-2-98)
• What happens after Newhall Ranch? (8-26-98)
• 'Fixing up Newhall' in wake of drive-by (8-19-98)
• Sorting out the bull on the City Council (8-12-98)
• STAGE REVIEW: Rigby is Pan-tastic at the Pantages (Escape, 8-7-98)
• STAGE REVIEW: You'll die laughing at CTG's "Drop Dead" (Escape, 8-7-98)
• Signs point to trouble in Nov., 1999 (8-5-98)
• It's OK to cuss at a council member (7-29-98)
• STAGE REVIEW: 'Rep' makes much ado about authenticity (Escape, 7-24-98)
• Dismantling bilingual ed. is no simple task (7-22-98)
• MOVIE REVIEW: 'Small Soldiers' a small victory (Escape, 7-10-98)
• Canyon Country festival starts today (7-9-98)
• SCOPE: Up a river without a paddle (7-1-98)
• Beale's Cut, parade, the 'Marsha question' (6-24-98)
• The brave new world of The-Signal.com (6-17-98)
• Plambeck complaint is 'sour grapes' (6-10-98)
• MOVIE REVIEW: 'A Perfect Affair' holds few surprises (Escape, 6-5-98)
• Car tax repeal: A question of semantics (6-3-98)
• Crime isn't particular to one community (5-27-98)
• You wanted open primary, you've got it (5-20-98)
• English and animals for the children (5-13-98)
• Your pick: poetry, parade or the park (5-6-98)
• Schools, cops rule, cable TV drools (4-29-98)
• Doc's dream is starting to come true (4-22-98)
• One week out, it's all but in the bag (4-8-98)
• Curious about homeless, City Council hopefuls (11-19-97)
• If we build it, homeless will come (11-12-97)
• Car guys needn't fear Newhall revitalization (11-5-97)
• Who cares about a little water board election? (10-29-97)
• Harvest festival, Halloween haunts on tap this weekend (10-22-97)
• Q & A from the world of scvleon.com (10-15-97)
• Newhall Water might stunt your growth (10-8-97)
• High school district considers drug testing for athletes (10-1-97)
• The proud, the mighty, the Indians of Hart High School (9-24-97)
• Despite complaints, we've got the policing we want (9-17-97)
• Who are the liars in Newhall Water race? (9-10-97)
• Pointing fingers in death of Princess Di (9-3-97)
• Valley Fair attracts families, not gangs (8-27-97)
• Don't let sign ordinance catch you off-guard (8-20-97)
• Newhall Hardware celebrates 50th anniversary (8-13-97)
• Is a Taj Mahal what the people of Santa Clarita want? (8-6-97)
• Ballot box blues for bilingual education (7-30-97)
• Ulysses S. Grant to get a facelift (7-23-97)
• Time to take our house numbers back (7-16-97)
• July 4th: Too bad we can't turn back the clock (7-2-97)
• Revitalizing Newhall: An 80-year saga (6-25-97)
• What's year-round schooling all about? (6-18-97)
• Matt Gould: Rising star headed for Broadway (6-11-97)
• Taking recovery to Al-Impian heights (6-4-97)
• No Silly String, Super Soakers in July 4th Parade (5-28-97)
• Debate brews over Newhall Ranch lands (5-21-97)
• Term limits, like ruling, ill-advised (5-14-97)
• Finding solace in a timeless canyon (5-7-97)
• Goodnight, Richard Rioux, my dear friend (4-30-97)
• Olde Towne Days are here again (4-23-97)
• Variety show to benefit Hart auditorium (4-16-97)
• Cowboys put the "Western" into Country-Western (4-2-97)
• The ties that bind: Preserving Santa Clarita's heart and soul (3-28-97)
• Drum still beats for home rule (3-26-97)
• Damn, I miss Harry Welch (3-19-97)
• Newhall revitalization finally coming together (3-12-97)
• Story of the Sulphur Springs School (3-5-97)
• Americans to the rescue: Reviving Boris Yeltsin (2-26-97)
• Postwar growth in the Santa Clarita Valley (2-19-97)
• A look at the City's latest poll (2-12-97)
• New train station on fast track (2-5-97)
• On the road to reclaiming Newhall (1-29-97)
• Best little whorehouse in Newhall (1-22-97)
• A little bit of weirdness is OK (1-15-97)
• WWW not just for geeks anymore (1-8-97)
• 20 predictions for the New Year (1-1-97)
• Santa doesn't live at the North Pole (12-25-96)
• Dan Hon, Signal columnist (12-22-96)
• King Richard of Stevenson, etc. (12-18-96)
• Mayor Clyde Smyth outlines priorities (12-11-96)
• Saturn EV1: New high-tech toy debuts tomorrow (12-4-96)
• A day in the life at Acton Rehab (11-27-96)
• Mint to produce 50 new quarters under House bill (11-20-96)
• Prop. 209 and a message from voters (11-13-96)
• I dream of a Star Trek future (10-30-96)
• A politician by any other name . . . (10-23-96)
• Fall Harvest Festival at Mentryville this Saturday (10-16-96)
• State should favor one race: Human (10-9-96)
• Marijuana initiative is bad medicine (10-2-96)
• Wine auction to benefit Senior programs (9-18-96)
• Will Clinton proffer more GOP Lite? (9-11-96)
• CCRI foes resort to race-baiting (9-4-96)
• Politics aside, Randy Wicks' opinion counted (8-7-96)
• Half-staff over Atlanta, the flags wave on (7-31-96)
• Same-sex marriage? Think it through! (7-17-96)
• This isn't your mother's Canyon Country (7-10-96)
• Frontier Days 1996 (6-26-96)
• Powell, Koon ruling breaks new ground (6-19-96)
• Huxley be damned: I love cyberspace! (6-12-96)
• Architectural Guidelines for Santa Clarita? (6-5-96)
• How safe is Santa Clarita, really? (5-29-96)
• Story of the Castaic Lake Water Agency (5-22-96)
• Creating a Theater District in Old Town Newhall (5-15-96)
• Brightly burns the flame of Cityhood (5-1-96)
• Interview with a dissenting Menendez juror (4-24-96)
• Firestone Bilingual Education Bill (AB 2310) (4-17-96)
• 36th Assembly District Nominee George Runner (4-10-96)
• 1996 Santa Clarita City Council race (4-3-96)
• 1996 Santa Clarita City Council race (3-27-96)
• Ward Connerly: One man's passion for fairness (1-31-96)
• Northridge Earthquake: a day in the life (1-17-96)
• 25 years in Santa Clarita (8-30-95)
• Killers: 'Natural born' or made for TV? (6-28-95)
• Newhall Ranch: Future · Part 3 of 3 (6-21-95)
• Civil rights initiative outlaws quota systems (2-1-95)
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