The Martinez City Council has voted to permanently close pickleball courts that opened only a year ago but attracted sometimes unruly crowds and resulted in complaints from neighbors.

The council on Wednesday voted to close the eight pickleball courts at the Hidden Valley Sports Courts, located in a residential area across Center Avenue from the larger Hidden Valley Park. Some homes were located as close as 50 or 100 feet from the courts, according to the city.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.