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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Santa Barbara County Sheriff's detectives say the arrest was on an unrelated charge to the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard. -
Advanced DNA testing solves grim four-decade-old mystery surrounding human remains in Ventura CountyRemains linked to that of a man who disappeared in a boating accident off the Ventura County coast in 1978. -
Event at the Granada Theater features music ranging from the Beatles to the Grateful Dead. -
The November 6, 2024, fire burned nearly 20,000 acres and destroyed 370 structures. -
As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 380,000 votes had been counted in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. Mail-in and provisional ballots are still being tabulated. -
Ventura Police officer fired two shots at a dog charging at him, leading to two minor, accidental injuries. -
Mission control for the launch was onboard a Navy aircraft, instead of the traditional ground facilities at Vandenberg Space Force Base. -
Santa Barbara County Supervisors voted to start action to reject the transfer of county permits for the facilities. -
Some stores opened after the final out of the World Series Saturday night, selling T-shirts, caps and more. -
The annual quarantine for sport-harvested mussels is intended to protect the public from shellfish poisoning.
