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Carmel-by-the-Sea has become the first California city to ban pickleball at public courts following years of resident complaints.

Pickleball’s explosive growth has created tension between enthusiasts and noise-weary neighbors across the country.

The constant pop pop pop of the plastic ball was simply too much to take.

Kimberly Edwards, who lives near the tennis-turned-pickleball courts at Forest Hill Park in Carmel-by-the-Sea, could hear the resonant sound everywhere she turned — outside in her garden, even through her bedroom window.

“It is very annoying,” she told the City Council last month. “And unless you live there I know it’s not a problem for you, but it’s a problem for

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