Cinema News: Pickleball is exploding — but one California city has had enough

Pickleball is exploding — but one California city has had enough

November 26, 2025 | View in browser

GOLETA, CA - FEBRUARY 18, 2022 - - Lisa Streett goes after a ball while playing a game of pickleball at the Goleta Valley Community Center in Goleta on February 18, 2022. Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, much like a wiffle ball, with 26-40 round holes, over a net. Communities are beginning to sue to keep pickleball off tennis courts, tennis players hate them and HOA's are starting to ban them. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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