Editor's note: The top Austin news of the week draws attention to two northern suburbs and immigrant businesses around Austin proper. Plus, two well-loved businesses are new neighbors on Rainey Street. Read on for our most popular stories, then find the best weekend happenings right here.

1. Austin suburb secures No. 1 ranking as safest midsize city in Texas. Georgetown and Round Rock are leading the nation, balancing the trifecta of affordability, opportunity, and safety, a new SmartAsset report says.

2. Austin City Hall storefront trades souvenirs for Japanese collectibles. The retail storefront at Austin City Hall, formerly home to Austin Rocks, now houses Akiba Texas, a new concept from the Toy Joy team and inspired by Tokyo's famed Akihabara district.

3. Popular coffee and taco businesses move in with Rainey Street cocktail bar. It has expanded into the space next door, where local businesses Fleet Coffee Roasters and La Santa Barbacha have moved in.

4. Screwworm sightings move beyond Texas as leaders work on solution. More cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a resurgent pest that could devastate the nation's cattle industry.

5. Austin food blogger debuts PBS show on city's immigrant-owned eateries. In David Douglass' new online-only PBS show, David Eats Everywhere, he's visiting immigrant restaurant owners around town, tracing where Austin's food scene came from.