Press Events for Thursday

8:00 AM -- LA Mayor Villaraigosa, County Supervisor Molina andLA City Councilman Huizar will watch as construction crews lower two tunnel-boring machines into a future Metro Rail station. First and Boyle streets.

9:00 AM -- The Bus Riders Union will hold a news conference prior to the MTA Board of Directors meeting to discuss MTA's obligations regarding service cuts and Transit Service Policy. MTA Building, One Gateway Plaza.

9:00 AM -- LA Taxicab Commission meeting. Building and Safety Board Hearing Room, 9th Floor, 201 N. Figueroa St.

9:30 AM -- LA MTA board meeting. One Gateway Plaza, third-floor boardroom.

10:00 AM --LA Zoo Capital Program Oversight Committee meeting. Room 1500, City Hall East, 200 N. Main St.

10:30 AM -- LA Unified School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting order of business for a California School Boards Association facilitated discussion. Room East 4, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 404 S. Bixel St.

11:00 AM -- LA Rent Adjustment Commission meeting. Suite 100, 1200 W. Seventh St.

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

From the Daily News -- Neighborhood Meetings (Updated 12/12/05)

Here is a list of upcoming neighborhood council meetings:

Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at Van Gogh Elementary School, 17160 Van Gogh St., Granada Hills. Call (818) 360-4346 or see www.ghnnc.org.

Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 20 at Toluca Lake Elementary School, 4840 Cahuenga Blvd., Toluca Woods. Call (818) 755-7674 or see www.greatertolucalake.org.

North Hills West Neighborhood Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 21 in Building 22 at the Sepulveda VA, 16111 Plummer St., North Hills. Call (818) 893-8613.