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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A series of systems is headed to Tri-Counties between now and Sunday. -
No word on the exact cause of death of a woman in San Luis Obispo, but detectives are pursuing it as a possible homicide. -
Food Share of Ventura County will build an 85,000-square-foot complex, more than doubling the size of its existing facilities. -
Central Coast Community Energy announces it will lower the cost of power per kilowatt-hour, resulting in substantial savings for customers. -
SpaceX launches 24 communications satellites from the Central Coast. -
Expats speak out because those in Afghanistan can't without fear of persecution. "In The Room" is being featured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. -
Los Angeles County prosecutors say multiple victims were involved. -
The County is looking at a way to reduce costs. But the sheriff's office says the issue is that they don't have enough deputies, which forces large amounts of overtime. -
The actors were honored with the festival's Cinema Vanguard Award. Festival officials called it the most impressive lineup in the event's history. -
The infant was one day old.
