ATX-LTW: Impact 10/21/2025

A new breakfast, lunch and event rental space has opened in Bee Cave.

The overview: That’s My Jam, owned by Randall and Suarta Mershon, offers a menu featuring options like omelets, eggs benedict, beignets, and biscuits and gravy. Additionally, lunch options like salads and sandwiches are offered at the restaurant.

 What else: That’s my Jam is open seven days a week, from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. The restaurant space is also available for event rental after 3 p.m.

• 12815 Shops Parkway, Ste. 100, Bee Cave

A new hyperbaric oxygen therapy clinic has opened in Lakeway.

The overview: ATX Hyperbarics offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, designed to promote healing and wellness. Sessions can be booked online with a prescription from a physician.

What else: PhotoBioModulation light therapy, or PBM, is also offered by the business. This treatment utilizes specific wavelengths of light in an effort to stimulate cellular activity, according to the business’ website.

• 101 Medical Parkway, Ste. 102, Lakeway

Across the state of Texas, families brave overwhelming medical situations in which they often have no options but to stay in hospital rooms while supporting their children needing care. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas has worked since 1985 to ease these experiences with comfortable sleeping spaces, food services and more.

The history: Since its launch, the nonprofit has expanded with family rooms available at Dell Children’s Medical Center, Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus, Seton Medical Center Austin, St. David’s Medical Center and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center.

Each family room contains a living room, a kitchen and dining area, sleeping rooms, shower and laundry facilities, a quiet room and snacks and beverages.

“No family ever dreams of having a child in a hospital,” COO Kristin Coulter said. “The certainty when they’re told that their child has a diagnosis or is critically ill to have a resource like Ronald McDonald House come alongside them and walk along that journey with them is very comforting.”

• 1315 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Ste. 1/2, Austin

Travis County and Austin officials have issued a local disaster declaration as wildfire risk rises across Central Texas, following a renewed statewide proclamation by Gov. Greg Abbott.

“The risk is real,” Travis County Judge Andy Brown said.

The overview: Local declarations allow the city and county to respond quickly to emergencies by temporarily bypassing time-consuming contract processes.

Some context: Though summer rains fueled vegetation growth, dry conditions have turned it into additional fire fuel, creating a “critical point,” Travis County Fire Marshal Gary Howell said. Between Oct. 17-19, two brush fires broke out, including one near the Circuit of the Americas, briefly threatening nearby homes.

Action taken: The city is updating wildfire evacuation plans for neighborhoods with limited access, working closely with residents to prepare communities.

What you should know: Officials urge homeowners to create defensible space, maintain gutters, and remove flammable materials within 5 feet of their homes. Residents can request free Structural Ignition Zone Evaluations and sign up for emergency alerts at WarnCentralTexas.org to stay prepared this wildfire season.