Daily update: Jan 14

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition wraps up work today on the Beach family's eight-bedroom house in Kemah. Follow the progress at wiredin.cc
Interfaith Caring Ministries is trying to collect 50 tons of food for the Bay Area's neediest families as part of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project. Today's the last day to drop off food at the Kemah Visitors Center for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Read more from Ultimate Clear Lake.
Donate blood at the Kemah Visitors Center from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. as part of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project. Read more from Ultimate Clear Lake.
A Clear Lake family is looking for a Good Samaritan who handed over his winter coat to cover up a dog hit by a car at Highway 3 and Clear Lake City Boulevard last week. Read more from the Bay Area Citizen.
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, under fire by state regulators and policyholder attorneys for how it handled claims after Hurricane Ike, is accelerating the pace of settlements. Read more from the Houston Chronicle.
The Kepler mission's search for Earth-like worlds is the topic of a free lecture by UT astronomer William Cochran at 7:30 p.m. at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Read more from Ultimate Clear Lake.