Perris is a city in Riverside County, California, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,600. The city is named in honor of Fred T. Perris, chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad; the California Southern connected through the city in the 1880s to build a rail connection between the present day cities of Barstow and San Diego.
The nearby, privately owned, Perris Valley Airport (FAA designator: L65) has a runway. Perris has drawn a crowd of skydivers, amateur and professional, to Perris Valley Skydiving. The area's sudden fame gave Perris the nickname: "the skydiving capital of America". However, the noise from these skydiving planes' constantly circling the city is a source of irritation to its residents. The constant low frequency noise from these skydiving planes also permeates throughout homes and schools in the city and may even be a contributing factor to the low test scores among its ethnically diverse student population. (Schools_Study_Handout.pdf)" target="_blank">http://www.fican.org/pdf/FICAN_Schools_Study_Handout.pdf)
Valley Plaza Doctors Hospital is a General Acute Care Hospital in Perris with Basic Emergency Services as of 2006. . However this hospital is now closed.
On March 20, 2007, Perris was featured on ABC's _Nightline news show during it's "Realty Check" segment. The story dealt with the rising trend of home foreclosures in Riverside County, and Perris was referred to as the "epicenter". The story dealt primarily with the city of Perris.
The Farmer Boys restaurant chain was started in Perris in 1981.
