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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Crews are targeting people leaving banks, as well as small business owners. -
The Flower Festival Parade is back this weekend for the first time in four years.
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More than 1200 teams expected from 49 states: ESPN will provide live coverage.
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It's the 13th SpaceX launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Tours being offered of the Conejo Valley project which will be the world's largest wildlife crossingThe $90 million plus project will bridge ten lanes of Highway 101 at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills.
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At least eight landscaping crews were victimized in the Moorpark area.
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Artists scrambling to finish colorful floats, costumes for parade.
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The outbreak is linked to backyard poultry like chickens and ducks.
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Jason Scheff's 'Chicago Nights' will feature an all-star cast of musicians playing with the New West Symphony, as part of a new music festival.
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15 hour search fails to find any sign of crew member.
