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."
-
Orders linked to wildfire concerns. Some homeowners comply, others scramble to find new carriers. -
Cal Lutheran program gets $1.2 million federal grant.
-
A coalition of environmental groups filed suit to try to get more water released from Twitchell Dam, to help the steelhead population.
-
Mothers of two young men who died after falls speak out. They are supporting a Santa Barbara County Supervisor's proposals to improve safety in Isla Vista.
-
Event features everything from artists to two stages of live music and dance performances
-
Democratic Congressman Salud Carbajal of Santa Barbara calls her a "titan of American politics."
-
Oxnard police arrest man for July killing in the city. There's no word on a possible motive.
-
There no word yet on sex, or identity of person.
-
Trump doesn't participate, and is targeted by some candidates. His campaign called the debate "boring," and said additional debates should be cancelled.
-
Exxon-Mobil had sought permission to use trucks to move oil from three oil platforms until damaged pipeline is replaced.
