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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70-year-old man has been in a hospital since April 11 incident.
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No word on whether foul play was involved.
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"Greetings From Summerland" focuses on community's forgotten legacy of hundreds of orphaned oil wells. Screening set for this weekend.
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Santa Maria residents can get free kits at the Saturday event.
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County officials waiting for full report, but are hopeful the statistics are a sign efforts to cope with the problem are having an impact.
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Report says while they aren't suggesting there is a problem, doing investigations internally creates a potential perceived conflict of interest.
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Ventura County church launches grassroots education effort, including wall commemorating those who lost their lives to the opioid
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Action comes during special weekend City Council meeting. City official said action was taken because of a personnel matter.
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Move will make FEMA money available to help local and state agencies with disaster recovery efforts from winter storms.
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Seven programs part of 2024-2025 season, including a weekend residency by Grammy-winning violinist Gil Shaham.