Urban Planet is now open in Deerbrook Mall, mall officials announced via Facebook April 10. 

What they offer: The trend-focused fashion brand by Charlotte Russe offers affordable clothing for men, women and teens, according to the company's website. 

Related highlights: Other new additions to Deerbrook Mall include Culture Shock, which recently opened, and Quotes and Valliani Jewelers, which are set to open soon, according to the mall's website. 

Deerbrook Mall is also currently hosting The Royal Duck, a traveling pop-up bounce park, through May 10, as previously reported by Community Impact. 

• Opened April 10 
• 20131 Hwy. 59 N., Humble 

Check out what's happening in the Lake Houston area this weekend, April 24-27.

Kingwood Anime/Food Festival: Enjoy an anime festival with food from a variety of Asian cuisines and 100 unique vendors featuring anime merchandise and collectibles. 

• April 25, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• Kingwood Town Center Park, 8 N. Main St., Kingwood

• April 25, 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; April 26, 3 p.m.
• $15-$25 (individual ticket), $130-$200 (table ticket)
• The Nathaniel Center, 804 Russell Palmer Road, Kingwood

• April 25, 6-9 p.m.
• $63-$115.50 (tickets)
• Humble Civic Center, 8233 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble

The final phase of ticket sales for the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament will drop April 22 at 10 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. The drop coincides with the 50-day countdown to the tournament.

What to expect: Tickets across all 104 matches, including the seven held in Houston this summer, will be made available for public purchase on the FIFA website, according to an April 21 news release.

Fans can choose tickets from across categories 1 to 3 and the front-row seat categories, depending on the match. Along with this ticket set, additional tickets will continue to be released to the public on an ongoing basis up until the final match July 19 in New Jersey.

Something to note: Ticket demand for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been the highest in history. Over 5 million tickets have already been sold, leaving roughly 2 million seats left across the 16 World Cup stadiums.

With state deadlines inching closer, the Harris County Flood Control District is chipping away at dozens of grant-funded flood recovery and mitigation projects—but county leaders believe pace of work and public transparency could be improved.

What you need to know: In an April 16 update to Commissioners Court, HCFCD Executive Director Tina Petersen shared the status of local flood projects funded with Community Development Block Grants for disaster recovery and mitigation, also known as CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT.

At least 14 projects are still in the design phase as of April 1, per the report. Seven of the 11 disaster recovery projects are under construction, and three of 17 total mitigation projects have been awarded contracts. 

Why it matters: The flood control district must spend all CDBG-DR dollars by February 2027 and CDBG-MIT dollars by March 2028 or lose the funding.

The action taken: Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey called for HCFCD to provide monthly reports to Commissioners Court detailing for specific construction and financial updates for each project. The first report is expected May 1.