Press Events for Thursday

9:00 AM -- LAUSD Board of Education's Augmented Facilities Committee meets, 333 S. Beaudry Ave, Board room

11:00 AM -- Mayor Villaraigosa, Councilman Zine and Fire Chief Bamattre speak at the first Warner Center Food Faire "Grateful Hearts Street Festival." Wodland Hills, Oxnard Street between Owensmouth Avenue and AMC Place.

2:00 PM -- Villaraigosa hosts a news conference to discuss his administration's economic development policies for the film, television and media industry in Los Angeles. City Hall, Mayor's conference room, third floor, 200 N. Spring St.

4:00 PM -- Kenneth K. Wong, author of a series of papers on the impacts of mayoral takeover of large urban school districts, will make presentation to the City Council President's Joint Commission on LAUSD Governance. His presentation will focus on mayoral involvement in school districts throughout the United States. Board room, Metropolitan Water District Headquarters, 700 N. Alameda St.

5:30 PM -- LACYD's 10th Annual LACYD Laurel Awards, The Laugh Factory, 8001 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood

7:00 PM -- Foothill District Neighborhood Council, Stonehurst Recreation Center, 9901 Dronfield Ave., Sun Valley. Call (818) 607-8536 or see www.foothilltrails.org.

From the Daily News -- Neighborhood Meetings (Updated 10/17):

Here is a list of upcoming neighborhood council meetings:

Northridge West Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at Beckford Elementary School, 19130 Tulsa St., Northridge. Call (818) 359-7256.

Panorama City Neighborhood Council (forming), 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the second-floor meeting room at the Mission Hills Community Hospital medical building, 14860 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City. Call (818) 756-9422.

West Hills Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at the 911 Communication Center, 23001 Roscoe Blvd., Northridge. Call (818) 719-8656 or see www.westhillsnc.org.