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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Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties' jobless numbers are up. -
Backfires were used to try to keep the massive Gifford Fire from advancing into wilderness areas. -
Santa Barbara MTD is raising fares on August 18. Officials say it's the first hike in 16 years. -
Free testing will be offered to students and staff who might have been exposed at the Santa Paula school. -
The firefighters were trapped by the Spanish Ranch Fire, a wildfire that burned west of New Cuyama. -
Air Force and SpaceX officials are no-shows at the State Coastal Commission hearing to discuss the Vandenberg Space Force Base expansion plan. -
The fire started on August 7. It burned 5,370 acres and destroyed seven structures. -
Work on Highway 33 north of Ojai is now set for the weekends of August 22 to 25 and September 19 to 22. -
It was an emotional farewell as Santa Barbara veterans bid farewell to the trailer-mounted chopper, which they used in parades and other events for decades. -
No one hurt in incident.
