Press Events for Thursday

7:50 AM -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will appear on 102.7
KIIS-FM with morning show host Ryan Seacrest.

9:00 AM -- Los Angeles Board of Taxicab Commissioners meeting. Building and Safety Board Room, ninth floor, 201 N. Figueroa St.

10:00 AM -- LAUSD board member Jose Huizar and Chief Facilities Executive Jim O'Connell will attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of Los Angeles New Primary Center #5.

10:00 AM -- Los Angeles Unified board's Augmented Human Resources Committee meeting. At 1 p.m., the Augmented Budget and Finance Committee will meet. LAUSD headquarters, Board room, 333 S. Beaudry Ave.

10:30 AM -- Los Angeles Unified School District will hold a news conference to announce a plan to enhance student instruction and academic support at four, large underperforming high schools. John C. Fremont Senior High School, Atrium, 7676 San Pedro St.

11:00 AM -- Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton will hold his monthly media availability. Parker Center, 150 N. Los Angeles St.

11:00 AM -- Los Angeles Library Commission meeting. Central Library, fourth floor, 630 W. Fifth St.

12:30 PM -- Mayor Villaraigosa will hold a news conference to discuss the economic impact of the touring exhibition "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,'' and will make an announcement about the exhibit's stay at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd.

1:00 PM -- Los Angeles Community Forest Advisory Committee meeting. City Hall, Room 361, 200 N. Spring St.

1:45 PM -- Mayor Villaraigosa will participate in the eighth annual Custodian Appreciation Day. Northeast corner of Los Angeles and Temple streets.

2:00 PM -- Councilwoman Wendy Greuel will hold a meeting to discuss safety measures along the Orange Line in the wake of yesterday's accident. NOTE: The meeting will be closed to the media, but participants will be available for comment afterward. Greuel's office, fourth floor, City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.


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From the Daily News -- Neighborhood Meetings (Updated 10/31):

Here is a list of upcoming neighborhood council meetings:

Mission Hills Neighborhood Council will hold a board (interim) meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 7 and a general meeting at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at San Jose Street Elementary School, 14928 Clymer St., Mission Hills. Commissioner Yolanda Fuentes, Los Angeles City Board of Public Works, is the scheduled speaker. Call (818) 472-1017.

North Hills East Neighborhood Council (forming), 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at Sepulveda Middle School, 15330 Plummer St., North Hills. Call (818) 891-0060.

Reseda Neighborhood Council will hold a board meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at Magnolia Science Academy, 18238 Sherman Way, Reseda. Call (818) 756-7330 or see www.resedacouncil.org.

North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council will hold a candidates' forum during the monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the recreation room at the Park Plaza Apartments, 6755 Rhodes Ave., North Hollywood. Call (818) 982-2174.

Panorama City Neighborhood Council (forming), 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the second floor meeting room at the Mission Hills Community Hospital medical building, 14860 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City. Call (818) 785-5624.