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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The designation means all burn permits are being suspended, and the county fire department is beefing up staffing. -
Crews will be on the scene of the blaze for days dealing with hot spots. -
The 'America 250' exhibition at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley celebrates America's 250th anniversary. -
Most of those impacted are health and social services workers. -
But thousands are still impacted by evacuation orders. -
The blaze on Santa Rosa Island is the largest wildfire in California so far this year. -
Current Boulder County, Colorado Administrator Jana Petersen will fill the post. -
The announcement comes after a new search of property owned by the family of the man convicted of killing Smart. -
Air Force officials say it's part of a series of flight tests to check equipment and crew preparedness. -
Firefighters are making progress, but weather conditions and rugged terrain present challenges.
