"KCLU Morning News With Russ Maloney"

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published October 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM PDT

This is the the RTNA Designated News Day entry for May 12, 2026.

This is the KCLU "Best Newscast Under 15 Minutes" entry for the RTNA Golden Mikes which aired on the Designated News Day of May 12, 2026.

KCLU is the NPR station for the Central California Coast, covering Ventura, Santa Barbara, and southern San Luis Obispo Counties. We have two full time newspeople, and produce 10 daily newscasts, as well as daily long form news stories.

Lance Orozco

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning 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.

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