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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Victims had their vehicle tires slashed at work, and then returned home to find their Lake Sherwood home ransacked. -
California Lutheran University kicks off its 2025 academic year with nearly $3 million in new grants. -
The heaviest rain could be in the Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo County mountains. -
A series of raids led to the seizure of large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. Thirty guns were also confiscated. -
The two mothers have started a podcast to talk about what families can do prevent similar tragedies. -
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors approved the deal on Tuesday. -
The Santa Barbara Foundation has created what it calls a Critical Needs Response Fund. -
After the pipeline's sale, Santa Barbara County was deadlocked on approving the transfer of its county permits. A judge is ordering a county decision. -
Highway 33 will be closed north of Ojai from Friday night until Monday morning. -
The proposal requires water districts in high-risk areas to take additional steps to keep water flowing during significant power outages.
