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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Major events took place in 10 local communities. -
Groups speak out about the situation at a Ventura event. They say outrage grows as ICE operations continue in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. -
Simi Valley Police say a South American burglary ring was behind the operation. -
23 deputies travel to Los Angeles Friday as part of a mutual aid request from Southern California agencies due to civil unrest. -
The Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday night. -
Groups say they've seen the largest number of ICE operations locally in memory, but leaders say they've had some successes fighting back -
An 85-year-old Santa Barbara dentist goes to the Middle East to provide dental care for PalestiniansIt's his latest effort to help underserved people around the world. Dr. James Rolfe founded a clinic that has provided dental care for hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan. -
Prosecutors say the Oxnard man met many of his victims through social media or dating apps. -
Plane went down May 3 in Simi Valley's Wood Ranch neighborhood. -
Democratic state Sen. Monique Limon of Santa Barbara will become Senate president pro tem in early 2026. The post is one of the most powerful in California politics.
