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Renting an Apartment in Perris
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 Perris Valley Airport (FAA designator: L65) has a 5,100 foot 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".
Valley Plaza Doctors Hospital is a General Acute Care Hospital in Perris with
Basic Emergency Services as of 2006.
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.
The city is served by three school districts: the Perris School District, Perris
Union High School District and the Val Verde Unified School District which also
serves the southern part of Moreno Valley. Perris High School of the Perris
district is the city's first public (grades 9-12) school. Established in 1887,
the current school remains at the site that it was relocated to in 1961, and the
school's western annex on I-215 and Nuevo Road became a Continuation High School
in 1993. Now, there are more high schools in the area including Rancho Verde of
the Val Verde district. Also middle schools including Lakeside, Perris and Tomas
Rivara, and ten elementary (grades K-6) schools (two are expected to open in
2007).
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department provides police services to the entire
Perris Valley area(including the nearby towns/areas of Mead Valley, Quail Valley
and Glen Valley, and the City of Canyon Lake) from its regional station on 4th
Street (in the former headquarters of the now-disbanded Perris Police
Department). The City of Perris contracts for fire services with the Riverside
County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with Cal Fire (California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection). The Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire
Department headquarters is located in Perris.