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October facts and figures

$495: The application fee for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (a.k.a. Dreamers) to renew their status; San Francisco has pledged to pay the renewal fees for local applicants . . . 6 a.m.: The time on Sept. 23 when President Trump tweeted that he was withdrawing his invitation to the NBA champion Warriors to visit the White House because “Stephen Curry is hesitating” . . . $551 million: Cost of the recently completed Moscone Expansion Project, which increased the convention center space by 21 percent . . . 15: The age at which Yong-soo Lee, now 89, was kidnapped from her Korean home and made to work as a sex slave for World War II Japanese soldiers; Lee spoke to attendees at the September unveiling of a Chinatown statue to the women . . . 1,000: The number of swims local swimmer Kristine Buckley has made from Alcatraz island to the shore.

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