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Being in South Texas, impacts from tropical cyclones are common in Riviera Beach. The community was heavily damaged by the 1916 Texas hurricane, which produced 90 mph (140 km/h) winds in the area. [5] Tropical storm-force winds were reported as a result of Hurricane Celia in 1970. [6] The eye of Hurricane Bret in 1999 passed south of Riviera ...
Riviera is a census-designated place in Kleberg County, Texas, United States. As of the 2022 census , it had a population of 758. [ 1 ] It is located 15 miles (24 km) south of Kingsville on U.S. Route 77 (Future Interstate 69E ) and 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Falfurrias on Texas State Highway 285 .
River Oaks' golf course was the venue for the PGA Tour's Western Open in 1940, and the Houston Open in 1937, 1938, and 1946. River Oaks has been home to the River Oaks International Tennis Tournament from 1931 until it was merged with the oldest clay court tournaments in the United States, the U.S Men's Clay Court Championships. [1]
Riviera Independent School District is a public school district serving about 479 students from Prek-12 grades, it is based in the community of Riviera, Texas . [1] [2] Located mostly in Kleberg County, [3] a very small portion of the district extends into Kenedy County. [4] It includes the small portion of Corpus Christi in Kleberg County. [3]
Cristina Rivera Garza (born October 1, 1964) [1] is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mexican author and professor best known for her fictional work, with various novels, including Nadie me verá llorar (No One Will See Me Cry), receiving some of Mexico’s highest literary awards as well as international honors.
Rivera taught in high schools throughout the Southwest US, and later at Sam Houston State University and the University of Texas at El Paso. From 1979 until his death in 1984, he was the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside , the first Mexican-American to hold such a position at the University of California .
Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Rivera; July 4, 1943) [1] [2] is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from 2001 to 2023. [3] He hosted the tabloid talk show Geraldo from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the live 1986 TV special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults.