Press Events for Thursday

10:00 AM -- LA County Supervisor Mike Antonovich will light the official Los Angeles County Christmas tree. Music Center/Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, 135 N. Grand Ave.

1:00 PM -- City and Los Angeles International Airport officials will hold a news conference to discuss a settlement of lawsuits over the airport's master plan. LAX Imperial Terminal, 6661 Imperial Highway.

2:30 PM -- Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority meeting. Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple St., Hearing Room 381B.

4:00 PM -- LA City Council Presidents' Joint Commission on LAUSD Governance meeting. Metropolitan Water District Headquarters, 700 N. Alameda St.

5:30 PM -- LA tree-lighting ceremony on the Spring Street steps of City Hall. 200 N. Spring
St.

6:30 PM -- Newly elected 10th District Councilman Herb Wesson will host a District Office open house and community swearing-in ceremony. 1819 S. Western Ave.

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.