Volunteers with Central Texas Food Bank load groceries for clients during an emergency relief food distribution on Tue., Dec. 29, at Del Valle High School. The agency’s final mass distribution event of the year is today, Dec. 30, at Nelson Field (7105 Berkman) from 9am to noon. For more info, visit www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/food-assistance/get-food-now. (Photo by John Anderson) Entering 2021 in a "State of Emergency": Last week Austin Public Health announced Austin-Travis County had entered Stage 5 – the highest level of local pandemic restrictions – of APH's COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines. Late Wednesday, APH announced a 10:30pm-6:30am prohibition on dine-in service (take-out is still OK) from Dec. 31-Jan.3. Read more.