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BEST OF THE CARMEL POLICE LOG… Case of a peace disturbance: Reporting party reported loud music from the construction workers next door. Contact was made, and the workers agreed to turn off the music. SHORTCUTS CARMEL CONFIDENTIAL Rio Grill Chef 's Recipe Lands in a Cookbook S am Rockwell, who won an Oscar for his role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," is slated to star with Olivia Wilde, Kathy Bates and Jon Hamm in "The Ballad of Richard Jewell." Directed by Clint Eastwood, the fi lm follows the story of the security guard who was identifi ed as a suspect in a bombing that took place at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Actor Paul Walter Hauser will play the part of Jewell, who was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Rockwell plays the attorney who helped confi rm Jewell's innocence. Clint Eastwood to Release "The Ballad of Richard Jewell" R io Grill Executive Chef Eduardo Coronel won fi rst place in this year's American Treasure recipe competition, an event organized by Chef 's Warehouse. The contest encourages participants to create dishes using authentic North American ingredients. Coronel's entry, horseradish-crusted red trout with poblano pesto plus sweet potato hash made with Baker's Bacon, draws on the Southwest-inspired dishes available on his Rio Grill menu. As part of the fi rst-place prize package, Coronel will be included in the American Trea- sure cookbook slated for early 2020 release. This year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Ele- gance welcomed 216 classic cars from 17 coun- tries and 31 states, with Best of Show honors going to a 1931 Bentley 8 Litre Gurney Nutting Sports Tourer owned by the Honorable Sir Michael Kadoorie of Hong Kong. The win came as the annual gathering celebrated the Bentley Motors centennial. Kadoorie is chair of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, a group that oversees The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, and Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel Valley. More than $76 million in sales were recorded at the concurrent Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auctions held at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center. The company sold 108 of 140 lots during the two-day event, averaging a $711,340 price per car. The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance events also raised over $2 million for more than 80 local nonprofi ts supported by the Pebble Beach Company Foundation. Actor and comedian Jay Leno led the charity drawing during the Sunday awards ceremony, generating more than $100,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County by offering tours of his garage. Since the fi rst Concours events in 1950, the gathering has raised more than $29 million for charitable efforts. Caraccioli Cellars earned two gold medals 56 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • H O L I D A Y 2 0 1 9 Executive Chef Eduardo Coronel of Rio Grill won fi rst place in the American Treasure recipe contest, and his dish will be in a cookbook. Photo: Kelli Uldall