A South Bay court battle is pitting neighbor against neighbor. One city thinks it has what could be a six-figure solution to the stalemate.
At the center of the impasse is pickleball, the fast-growing game in the country. Last year, the City of Saratoga installed eight new pickleball courts at El Quito Park. Match play each day produces winners and losers and at least one man with an ear-splitting headache."The noise, you can hear it inside the home. This bombardment of noise from all the pickleball paddles," said Saratoga resident Zack Petersen.
"I know that when neighbors get upset about pickleball in their neighborhoods, the first thing they do is go to the internet and look. And the minute they see lawsuit with pickleball, it always involves noise," said Kris Hunter, a member of the Walnut Creek Pickleball Club.Hoping to avoid legal action, the City of Saratoga has allocated $100,000 for sound mitigation and an electronic locking system for the surrounding fence.
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