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was the winner of this year's Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Radio Documentary. The competition includes all participating radio stations in the Los Angeles region.

The program, Not In My Back Yard, focuses on the difficulty of re-integrating sexual offenders into the community following their release from prison or treatment.

Congratulations to KCLU's John North for this special recognition! Click here to listen.

Thanks to your support, KCLU is the most honored news station in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.


KCLU Featured Local News Stories

Santa Barbara City Council decides controversy over proposed liquor superstore in city

7/28/2010 12:44pm    Download MP3  

A controversy dragging on for months over whether a new liquor superstore should be allowed in Santa Barbara has finally been settled. KCLU's Lance Orozco has the story.



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Amtrak train in Ventura County evacuated during fire scare

7/27/2010 8:39am    Download MP3  

It looked like a potential disaster in the making, as thick smoke poured from a passenger train headed south through Ventura County. KCLU's Lance Orozco reports it was a crisis involving the San Luis Obispo to San Diego bound Pacific Surfliner which had a happy ending.



Marijuana busts in Santa Barbara, Ventura Counties pointing towards possible record year

7/26/2010 12:40pm    Download MP3  

It could be a record setting year for marijuana eradication efforts in Ventura County, with more than 70,000 plants seized, and destroyed so far. KCLU's Lance Orozco talks with the head of one of the units responsible for 11 arrests in the last week.



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Arizona Appeals Immigration Ruling   

Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge's order blocking most of the state's immigration law. Meanwhile, Phoenix filled with protesters, including about 50 who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear.

Panel Accuses Rangel Of 13 Ethics Violations   

The charges include allegations that the congressman failed to report rental income on vacation property in the Dominican Republic and over the course of nearly a decade failed to report more than $600,000 on his financial disclosure statements.

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