Press Events for Thursday

9:00 AM -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Councilman Tom LaBonge and Zoo Director John Lewis will welcome two new animals to the Los Angeles Zoo.

9:00 AM -- Los Angeles Councilman Dennis Zine, police and family members will hold a news conference to ask the public's help in solving a murder in the Reseda area. West Valley Community Police Station, 19020 Vanowen St.

9:00 AM -- Los Angeles Unified School District board's Augmented Facilities Committee meeting. LAUSD Headquarters, Board Room, 333 S. Beaudry Ave.

10:00 AM -- City Controller Laura Chick will release a financial audit of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. City Hall East, Suite 300, 200 N. Main St.

10:00 AM -- Councilman Tom LaBonge and students from Lankershim and Ivanhoe elementary schools will dedicate a new picnic area at Travel Town in Griffith Park. Museum, 5200 Zoo Drive.

10:00 AM -- The Los Angeles Unified School District will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Hollywood Primary Center. 1115 Tamarind Ave.

1:00 PM -- Los Angeles Unified School District board's Augmented School Safety, Student Health and Human Services and Human Relations Committee meeting. LAUSD Headquarters, Board Room, 333 S. Beaudry Ave.

6:00 PM -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will speak at the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Council's Third Annual Forum. Airtel Plaza Hotel, 7277 Valjean Ave.

6:30 PM -- Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl and Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution will hold a town hall meeting to address the impact of air and noise pollution from Santa Monica Airport on affected communities, including Venice, Mar Vista, West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Daniel Webster Middle School, auditorium, 11330 W. Graham Place.

7:00 PM -- West Hills Neighborhood Council will hold elections at 7 p.m. Thursday at Justice Elementary School, 23350 Justice St., West Hills. Call (818) 348-2873.

7:00 PM -- North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council will hold a candidates' forum during the monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the recreation room at the Park Plaza Apartments, 6755 Rhodes Ave., North Hollywood. Call (818) 982-2174.


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From the Daily News -- Neighborhood Meetings (Updated 11/07/05):

Here is a list of upcoming neighborhood council meetings:

Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in the auditorium at Sherman Oaks Elementary School, 14755 Greenleaf St., Sherman Oaks. Call (818) 503-2399 or see www.shermanoaksnc.org.

The Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Toluca Lake Elementary School, 4840 Cahuenga Blvd., Toluca Woods . Call (818) 755-7674 or see www.tolucalake-nc.com.

Sylmar Neighborhood Council, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the auditorium at Dyer Street Elementary School, 14500 Dyer St., Sylmar. Call (818) 833-8737.

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.