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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The B-17 Flying Fortress will be at Camarillo Airport through Sunday, open for tours and rides. -
A gradual cooling trend is expected to start Thursday and continue into the weekend. -
Victor Glover will join the executive team at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. -
The glasses use mini telescopes to allow different levels of magnification. -
Ventura County travelers will have to make a major detour to get to Kern County. -
It's Metrolink's first ticket price hike in 13 years. The average one-way ticket will go up 14%. -
The goal is to have the famed movie and TV production ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains reopened in time for its 2027 centennial. -
Investigators aren't releasing details about the cause of death. His disappearance was considered suspicious. -
They had gone two days without food or water. Coast Guard officials believe they were trying to enter the U.S. illegally. -
Family members say he was the victim of a random drive-by shooting.
