CodePink closing Albany (Calif.) storefront office

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Source: Oakland Tribune

ALBANY — CodePink is shuttering its East Bay office on Solano Avenue, but the anti-war group's leaders say the fight to boot the U.S. Marine recruiting center from downtown Berkeley is far from over.

"(The office) is very hard to maintain in this economic climate," said CodePink's Zanne Sam Joi. "Also, I had a 10-year lease, and the lease is over and I'm not renewing it. It's too much of a financial strain."

... Even without the Albany office, CodePink officials said they will continue to protest the Marines and their recruiting of young people.

... CodePink is having a going-out-of-business sale from noon until 7 p.m. today and Thursday at the storefront in Albany. The group is selling office furniture, display cabinets, tchotchkes, outdoor furniture and CodePink memorabilia and merchandise.

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