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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Investigators say the molestations occurred during a two-year period in Santa Paula. -
About 1,400 pounds of debris were removed during Thursday's cleanup effort, which focused on Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands. -
The organization A Greater Contribution has helped thousands of women climb out of poverty over the last two decades. -
More than a dozen vehicles were destroyed or damaged by early morning blazes in Santa Maria -
A new Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report suggests the county doesn't have the data it needs to evaluate the risk. -
Woof! Ventura County animal shelter is overflowing with dogs, and crowding is hitting a crisis stageThe Camarillo shelter is more than 40 dogs over capacity. Most of the animals are believed to be runaways that have homes. -
Dr. Tom Holden served eight years as Oxnard's Mayor, and 10 years on the City Council. -
Sable Offshore Corporation said it hopes to have the pipeline back in operation this summer. It's already reactivated some oil wells off the Santa Barbara County coastline. -
Divers who photograph Giant Sea Bass can submit their images to a UC Santa Barbara project assessing the species' status. -
No one was injured in the blaze, which happened in Westlake Village. The cause is under investigation.
