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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A father of three was stabbed to death in an Oxnard park moments after dropping his son off at a nearby school. -
25 communications satellites launched into orbit. -
United flying 120+ passenger Boeing 737s on daily round trip service. Flight to major Chicago hub provides one-stop service to global destinations. -
California unemployment shows slight dip from December to January. -
Investigators trying to determine how the inmate obtained the drug. -
Man shot to death; detectives take suspect into custody. -
Investigators say man's body had signs of trauma and the death is being investigated as a homicide. -
Tony-nominated actress and singer Mary Bridget Davies plays the rock music pioneer. -
Experts say the best viewing window is now and for the next few weeks. -
Dr. John Fankhauser will oversee the Ventura County Health Care Agency, which includes two hospitals and 34 clinics.
