Lance Orozco
News DirectorLance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, developing the station's local news coverage as it transitioned to a news/talk format.
He has provided award-winning local coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. He even did a story about his own kidney cancer surgery, taking listeners along as the operation was being performed.
Lance has won more than 200 journalism awards for KCLU, including more than 100 Golden Mikes, 30+ regional Edward R. Murrow awards, two National Edward R. Murrow Award (an honor which came to David Letterman’s attention on “The Late Show”), and four National Society Of Professional Journalists awards. He has been AP's small market reporter of the year for the western U.S. 13 times.
Lance is a familiar face in the region, having worked nearly two decades as a television reporter and weathercaster for ABC, NBC, and CBS television stations in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. His adventures included an unexpected guest appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman."
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More than $500,000 in cannabis was stolen from the farm. -
They're sharing their story in the hope it will help others facing the same diagnosis. -
The pandas were born on July 2. One died last week, and the second over the weekend. The causes of their deaths are being investigated. -
Cannon had hits such as 'Palisades Park' from 1962. -
Few details being released about June 18 murder. -
The July 4 blaze destroyed more than $100,000 worth of construction materials at the school. No campus buildings were damaged. -
Students who successfully complete the 1,000 hours of instruction will be qualified to take the state licensing exam. -
Prince Harry was among those who took part in a peer-support town hall event to bolster training for volunteers. -
The budget approved by the U.S. House includes an amendment calling for the Secretary of Defense to use eminent domain to protect Sable's operations -
Valerie Rachelle takes over the PCPA post from Mark Booher, who is retiring after 27 years with the theater education program.
