Pettitte was persuaded to attend San Jacinto Junior College by legendary college baseball coach Wayne Graham.

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There was also an evacuation center for small animals at San Jacinto Valley Animal Services, Cal Fire said.

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In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring the independence of Texas.

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Just over the city limits of Palm Springs, the property has panoramic desert views of the San Jacinto Mountains and the Coachella Valley.

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San Jacinto Junior College in California, picks a movie before going to bed and must wait until the next morning to view it--and swap it.

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For a man whose faith is at the epicenter of his life, it was a blessing in disguise for Andy Pettitte to spend one year at San Jacinto Junior College.

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Clinging to the edge of the San Jacinto Mountains, the structure embraces the elements via a boulder that crashes through the north wall like a meteor and partitions the open-plan space.

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Just off of the Plaza San Jacinto.

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The magnificently situated Rancho las Hamacas in San Jacinto, northwest Nicaragua, overlooks the natural bubbling mud pools of Hervideros de San Jacinto, where you can camp for the night before climbing the smoking Volcano Telica, one of the country's 12 fumingly active Maribios volcanoes.

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