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 90 Golden Mikes, 20-plus regional Edward R. Murrow awards, a 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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An initial investigation shows no signs of foul play. Zyanya Valora, 21, was last seen at her Ojai Valley home on June 25. -
Company suggests using ships to transport oil from Santa Barbara County if it can't restart pipelineSable Offshore Corporation is still pursuing the restart of the pipeline, which ruptured in 2015. It's now asking the Trump Administration to support ships as an alternative. -
Suicide prevention, as well as coping with its impacts when it does occur, will be the focus of a community event in Goleta this weekend. -
A suit against the Montecito Union School District claimed two students were abused in the 1970s. -
Falcon 9 rocket carries 28 satellites into orbit. -
The age range of the cars being accepted has been expanded, and the buyback amount has been boosted. -
SBCC is running a new online wellness website that provides connections to local resources for students at the state's 116 community colleges. -
The fire reportedly burned 66 acres Thursday night, but mapping on Friday morning downsized the number to 13 acres. -
CHP investigators are trying to figure out why the man was in the middle of a freeway lane.
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The fire, which started Thursday, is northeast of Erringer Road.
