Press Events for Friday

9:00 AM -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will read to students for National Literacy Day. Open Charter Magnet School, 5540 W. 77th St.

9:30 AM -- LA Cultural Affairs Commission meeting. 201 N. Figueroa St., suite 1400.

9:30 AM -- Fourth annual Los Angeles Community College District Sustainability Conference – US Green Buildings Council Awards Gala to follow at 6:00 PM. Millennium Biltmore Hotel,506 S. Grand Avenue,

10:00 AM -- City Council meeting. Council chamber, third floor, City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.

10:00 AM -- The Bus Riders Union will hold a news conference to respond to the special master's ruling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's federal consent decree. Rapid Bus Station, northeast corner of Western Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.

10:00 AM -- Councilmen Bernard Parks and Greig Smith, who graduated from USC, will place a friendly wager with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a UCLA graduate, on the upcoming UCLA-USC football game. Room 460, City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.

12:00 PM -- The Watts/Willowbrook Holiday Parade will be held, featuring City Councilman Bernard Parks as grand marshal. Parade begins at Central Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard.

2:00 PM -- LA City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Gang Violence and Youth Development meeting. Room 1060, City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.

6:00 PM -- City Councilman Jose Huizar's community swearing-in ceremony. Los Angeles Theater, 615 S. Broadway.

From the Daily News -- Neighborhood Meetings (Updated 11/28/05):

Here is a list of upcoming neighborhood council meetings:

North Hills East Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 5 in the library 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. Dec. 5 at Magnolia Science Academy, 18238 Sherman Way, Reseda. Call (818) 832-7540 or see www.resedacouncil.org.

Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council, will hold a board meeting at 6 p.m. and a council meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 in room 131 at Shepherd of the Hills Church, 19700 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch. Call (818) 831-2330 or see www.prnc.org.

Van Nuys Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 14 in Room 1-B at the Marvin Braude Constituents Service Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys. Call (818) 908-1840.

Panorama City Neighborhood Council, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15 in the second-floor meeting room at the Mission Community Hospital medical building, 14860 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City. Call (818) 756-9422.