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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Liz Hamel died after a fall from UCSB residence hall in February. -
'The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged' highlights classic parts of her stories with a modern-day take on her work. -
CHP investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the collision near the Ventura-Los Angeles County line. -
Captain Tyler Abbott named as Ojai's new top cop. -
The nonprofit group One805 is spearheading the effort to create a $10 million endowment to support free, confidential services. -
Tiny transmitters attached to the insects transmit signals used to locate and monitor the butterflies using a smartphone app. -
Investigators believe that Keith Cordes killed himself in Chino after shooting his father and stepmother in Simi Valley. -
27 Starlink satellites launched into orbit Monday night. -
A GoFundMe account was set up to help the family of San Marcos High School senior Tayden Tomblin. -
Investigators are looking at a man who killed himself in Chino as a possible suspect in the murders.
