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When I stepped off the ramp from the plane in Charleston, South Carolina, I walked smack into a wall of delicious smells – simmering garlic, rich cheese, baking bread. It seemed appropriate enough for a city now internationally famous for its food, but…c’mon. We were still in the airport.

For three years, 21 municipal and county governments in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties have been striving to promote renewable energy, as well as to give their residents a choice besides Pacific Gas & Electric.

A physician assistant – and former journalist and paramedic – discusses how she became obsessed with painting hearts.

Directed by Clint Eastwood. • Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney. • Rated PG-13. • 95 min.

Directed by Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen • Starring Matthias Schweighöfer, Kaya Yanar, Ilka Bessin • Rated PG • 90 min

WHO’S IN TOWN?In his 50-year career as a mechanical engineering professor at UC Berkeley, Robert Sawyer authored or co-authored more than 360 publications and did research on topics from rocket propulsion and energy conversion to combustion and air pollution. He left in 2006 when Gov. Arnold…