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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Proposed new ordinance is intended to make the county's agricultural land more viable for farmers and ranchers, while protecting primary ag uses.
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Alumini being welcomed back to campus.
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Red Flag Warning issued for parts of Ventura, Los Angeles Counties
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The state's latest month-to-month unemployment percentage remains unchanged.
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Detectives say they created hate crime graffiti on a commercial building in Thousand Oaks.
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Elevated brush fire risk a concern through Saturday.
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SpaceX sues California Coastal Commision after it rejects efforts to increase Central Coast launchesThe company claims the rejection was political. The Coastal Commission said SpaceX needs to apply for a Coastal Development Permit for the launches.
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Noted biologist and author of new book visits Santa Barbara to talk about helping endangered bird species.
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The college is hoping to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Professional Studies.
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Jolie will receive the festival's Maltin Modern Master Award on Feburary 5.