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 community service for Commander Scott Aaron will take place on February 3. -
Ventura County prosecutors say she funneled money to her personal and family bank accounts. -
They are potentially facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. -
Ventura County officials say they can't reliably predict when, or if, a major slide might hit the seaside community, which lies below a steep slope. -
The Crooked Palm property in West Ventura includes a portion of the Ventura River trail, and the Ventura River. -
The window to submit ideas is now open and runs through February 5. -
The sister of the victim said she had given up on finding closure, but is relieved that it's happened. -
One man arrested and hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine seized. -
Series of burns planned over the next two weeks to reduce wildfire danger in the area. -
County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato said she will step down in July, after more than 12 years of service as the county's top non-elected official.
