North State residents could be able to see a remarkable partial solar eclipse on Saturday. The eclipse will appear as a “ring of fire,” as the moon’s orbit passes between the earth and the sun, blocking all but a narrow outer ring of the sun’s light. Also, Pacific Gas and Electric now has the go ahead to proceed with clean up of Butte Creek following a canal failure this summer, and the Shasta County Board of Supervisors has doubled down on their opposition to a new law barring hand-counting ballots in elections in counties with more than 1,000 registered voters.