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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New report says more inspectors are needed for enforcement. And, it says sheriff's deputies should accompany inspectors to insure their safety. -
Prosecutors say she ran for Mayor of Arroyo Grande, but didn't live in the city. -
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum features interactive exhibits, historical artifacts, and operates more than a dozen educational programs. -
Strawberries remain the county's top crop for the 25th year in a row. -
The project calls for removing invasive species of plants at Hueneme Beach and seeding the area with native plants. -
The report calls for staffing and procedural improvements. Some were already underway before the report was released this week. -
The smell of the blooming so-called 'corpse flower' has been compared to the smell of rotting flesh. -
The disaster also created the opportunity to rebuild from scratch, prompting city leaders to adopt the architectural style the community is famous for today. -
The report calls on agencies to sell surplus land for affordable housing use, and cut red tape in the project approval process. -
SpaceX launches Transporter 14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
