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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After multiple purification steps, the facility will add millions of gallons of water a day to the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District water supply. -
Woman, two pets die in blaze. -
The 42nd edition of the festival will take place from February 3 to 23, 2027. -
The crash shut down traffic between Santa Maria and New Cuyama late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. -
M. Gessen has written extensively about Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and the perceived parallels between the leaders. Gessen will speak at UC Santa Barbara Tuesday night (April 14). -
Rowse says his reasons aren't related to any issue or individual. He says he'll finish his term, but that it's time for him to 'move on'. -
'Fearless Informed Female' is intended to provide a simple guide to commonly misunderstood women's health concerns. -
The Thousand Oaks Philharmonic wants to entertain audiences, but it was created to give young musicians the chance to play with a professional orchestra. -
Jury acquits Cal State Channel Islands lecturer of criminal charge stemming from immigration protestJonathan Caravello was accused of tossing a tear gas cannister at federal agents during a demonstration in Camarillo, but a jury disagreed. -
Steve Bellamy started the Tennis Channel. He thinks the ease of play and the fact that you play it on pickleball courts will make TYPTI the next big sport.
