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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Death comes more than two weeks after he is taken to a hospital.
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Helping kids in crisis: Non-profit serving Ventura, Santa Barbara County celebrates 30th anniversaryCasa Pacifica has served more than 52,000 children and young adults since 1994. It's expanded a program to help house those who have aged out of foster care.
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Fire southeast of Lompoc held to just under 50 acres burned. Containment now up to 95%.
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The legislation by Democratic Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin of Thousand Oaks would standardize food labels.
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Preliminary estimates are 20-30 acres of land burned southeast of Lompoc.
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Magnitude 3.6 quake hit at 4:22 a.m. It may be an aftershock of last Thursday's larger quake centered in the same area near Malibu.
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No one hurt in incident, but man was barricaded at winery for more than 24 hours.
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Authorities tight-lipped about death.
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New $32 million facility will serve as a transportation hub, linking train, bus, rideshare, and bicycle travelers.
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Project focused on sea life in the Northern Channel Islands. Group is pushing for more restrictions all gillnet fishing.