Last summer, 18-year-old Katie Ovando watched, frightened, as the face in the mirror grew gaunt, and the sparkle was sucked from its large, brown eyes.

A former American Canyon planning director owes the city $50,000 plus interest, according to a complaint filed Friday.

As founding members of Napa’s Animal Action Network, Cris Kelly and her husband, Michael Christophel, often take on local causes that will improve animals’ quality of life. But their latest objective has proven to be a much bigger beast.

Sports saved her life.

Twenty-one old and rusty barrels, most of them filled with motor oil, were discovered Saturday morning along Chiles Creek near Lake Hennessey, according to police, fire and a city officials.

On Saturday afternoon, two 16-year-old girls became lost at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park during a hike when they left the trail, according to the Napa County Sheriff’s Department.

Katie Ovando’s coaches were surprised when they learned their player was anorexic. But after reflection and research, they realized Ovando’s case was typical among young female athletes.

On Thursday, former Napa County residents Daren Wallace Glosser, 33, and wife Shannon Lea Selle, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento on marijuana-related charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of California.

Also in Napa Friday, two Napa men were arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession on the 1600 block of Hemlock Ave., according to the Napa Police Department. Both Jose Manuel Calderon, 33, and Roberto Diaz Rodriguez, 23, were booked at Napa County Jail, according to police.

On Friday, in Napa, a teen suffered an inch-long cut to his lip while another sustained a half-inch stab wound to his left thigh during a fight Friday night at McPherson Elementary School in Napa, according to the Napa Police Department.

As many as 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States have an eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Almost one out of every 100 women suffers from anorexia, a potentially life-threatening  disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss.

When the California Veterans Board recently announced plans to recruit two new board members, administrators at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville knew Edward Olson — a resident of the Yountville home — was just the man for the job.