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 book looks at the story behind the movie, as well as the lasting impacts it had on the wine industry, and how it helped the popularity of Pinot Noir wine. -
Preliminary cleanup of debris from buildings burned in Mountain Fire starts: Toxic wastes a priorityVentura County, state crews are surveying destroyed and damaged buildings, and removing accessible wastes they find. -
The project will generate 1.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, which is enough to power about 200 homes. -
No evidence of shooting was found and lockdowns were lifted. -
More than two dozen of the ancient manuscripts will be on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, along with other key historical artifacts. -
Ventura, Santa Barbara Counties both have a tenth of a percent increase in October. San Luis Obispo County remains unchanged month to month. -
The $370 million dollar project would create a cutting edge water recycling facility which would meet about 20% of the city's needs. -
Property owners can apply for relief, and the Ventura County Assessors Office is also making a list of damaged properties for automatic reductions. -
Acreage burned still stands at just over 19,900 acres, with 370 structures destroyed or damaged. -
The goal is to reduce pollution for people who live and work along Highway 126 in Ventura County
