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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Ventura County contended it didn't have to release the video because it was linked to an investigation. The nonprofit social advocacy group Buen Vecino argued the public has a right to see it. -
New homes for the homeless: Apartment complex focused on unsheltered seniors opens in Ventura CountyRancho Sierra Senior Apartments in Camarillo has 50 units. The nonprofit group Many Mansions teamed up with Ventura County to build the $40 million project. -
Area residents say people are camping in RVs on a section of Santa Susana Pass Road outside of Simi Valley. Trash dumping and other violations have been reported. -
CHP officiers stopped Spears on Highway 101 in the Westlake Village area Wednesday night. -
Camerata Pacifica's performance includes traditional wind quintet instruments such as the clarinet. It also includes a rare Thai button gong. -
An ICBM launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday night, in what officials say was a routine test, and not related to the recent war in Iran. -
Statewide numbers are also down. The lower numbers are likely due to the end of federal tax credits, which made insurance more affordable. -
The property owners claim the freeze is unconstitutional. The Santa Barbara City Council approved the temporary freeze to help struggling renters. -
The nonprofit global humanitarian aid group ShelterBox is sponsoring the free Tuesday night event at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito. -
Journalist speaking at UCSB says Trump Administration's immigration tactics changing due to protestsPulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning reporter Caitlin Dickerson has covered immigration issues for more than a decade.
