Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is now serving patients at its new location in Atascocita.

What they offer: As previously reported by Community Impact, the clinic offers adult primary and specialty care, as well as pediatric care. Services including preventative and sick care, comprehensive physicals, blood pressure checks, blood work and immunizations. The clinic also offers on-site lab work and X-rays.

Some context: The clinic was originally expected to open in the summer of 2024, but was delayed to 2025. The new clinic follows the opening of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic's Lake Houston Campus in September.

• Opened Dec. 1
• 17818 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Humble

Check out what's happening in the Lake Houston area this weekend, Dec. 5-7.

Kingwood's Annual Christmas in the Park: This annual event will include photo opportunities with Santa and the Grinch, live entertainment, holiday shopping, food trucks and the lighting of the Christmas tree.

• Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• Town Center Park, 8 N. Main St., Kingwood

• Dec. 6, 5 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• 10614 FM 1960, Huffman

In a Dec. 2 news conference, officials with Airbnb announced that Houston will receive a $1 million investment that will go towards supporting major community initiatives, expanding green infrastructure and increasing youth access to soccer.

Airbnb's sponsorship will specifically help support two major initiatives—The Green Corridor and Grow the Game.

The Green Corridor: The Green Corridor will be a 14-mile sustainable transit loop that connects key FIFA World Cup 26 venues, including the FIFA Fan Festival site in East Downtown and NRG Stadium.

Grow the Game: Part of Airbnb's $1 million sponsorship will go towards the Grow the Game program to renovate soccer fields in underserved communities, launch free or low-cost youth clinics and tournaments, and create certification pathways for coaches and referees.

One more thing: The 2026 World Cup draw is set for Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C., at noon Eastern Standard Time. The draw will determine the groups and matchups for next summer's tournament.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council is hosting public meetings for its Safety Action Plans, a measure to improve transportation safety and reduce serious roadway injuries and fatalities, officials announced in a Dec. 1 news release.

With nearly 20% of traffic deaths in Texas—760 people a year, or two people a day—and another 3,725 people annually experiencing life-altering injuries on roads in the Houston-Galveston region, H-GAC created the SAP projects to generate plans to reduce the number of fatal or serious accidents.

Get involved: Community members can provide feedback on roadway safety online or attend a first-round public meeting for the local SAPs, per the release.

Meetings include:

• La Marque: Dec. 1 from 5-7 p.m. at La Marque City Hall
• League City: Dec. 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center
• Sugar Land: Dec. 6 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the T.E. Harman Center
• Pearland: Dec. 10 from 5-7 p.m. at the Pearland Chamber of Commerce
• Regional Joint Meeting (H-GAC/METRO/Gulf Coast Rail District): Feb. 12, 2026, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Houston-Galveston Area Council

A dozen new Texas laws are scheduled to take effect Dec. 4. The new laws come 90 days after the end of a special legislative session that took place this summer.

The overview: Some of the bills becoming law Dec. 4 include:

• House Bill 8, which will replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, with three shorter exams beginning in fall 2027
• House Bill 18, which is designed to deter future legislators from leaving the Texas Capitol to prevent a legislative chamber from considering legislation, known as breaking quorum
• Senate Bill 54, which will roll back a short-lived rule that allowed registered Texas voters who moved within a county to update their address at the polls and immediately vote in their new precinct