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 California Department of Pesticide Regulation reports a 3% drop in commercial pesticide use for agriculture statewide. -
The cause of the deadly September 2, 2019, fire on the dive boat Conception was never definitively determined. -
Apple NewsThe KCLU News documentary Apocalypse: 80 Years Later looks at the war through the eyes of Central and South Coast residents who endured it. -
It could be nearly two weeks before results are finalized for the Buellton City Council seat. -
SpaceX is set to launch 24 communications satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base. -
The September 18 event includes a reception, a chance to play some instruments, and live performances. -
The proposal would rescind a two-decade rule restricting permanent roads and logging in some mostly undeveloped National Forest areas. -
Mop-up work continues on the 131,000-acre blaze in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. -
The victim had stopped to help people involved in a previous traffic accident when she was hit. -
A vote-by-mail election will fill a vacancy on the Buellton City Council.
