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Santa Monica's once-bustling Third Street Promenade is dotted with empty storefronts. An indoor pickleball club could point to creative ways for filling them.

I used to obsess over logging every bit of exercise, until one day I left my smartwatch behind and the game started to feel like ... a game.

The sport is sweeping the country, but a backlash over noise is turning neighbor against neighbor.