The mother of a boy molested by a registered sex offender was shocked to see his attacker out of prison and back on the street, having received no official notification of his release Saturday.

“This is ridiculous,” Caroline Mason, of Canyon Country, said Wednesday. “We are so done with not being informed about this guy living around our kids.”

In the spring of 2010, William Greggory Babb, 50, pleaded guilty in San Fernando Superior Court to one felony of contacting a minor with the intention of engaging in lewd or lascivious behavior...

A 43-year-old Salinas man was arrested Friday after being accused of trying to make inappropriate contact with teenage boys, sheriff's officials said.

Police arrested Jason Harry Bishop after a woman reported that he was trying to make contact with her teenage son. An investigation revealed that Bishop has tried to contact other teenage boys, and sent one a sexually explicit letter, deputies said.

Sheriff's deputies did not go into details on what the contact with the teenage boys was because of an ongoing investigation…

Eight registered sex offenders on parole were removed from their transitional rooms at a south Stockton motel in late February and left to roam the streets. Those who have not already been rearrested for parole violations are camping in fields and under bridges around San Joaquin County.

State correctional officials say the parolees, all men, are still being monitored and will be placed in rooms as soon as possible. The law does not require the state to house parolees, but it does so in the interest of public safety. It is difficult to track transient sex offenders, and homelessness contributes to recidivism.

Citing concerns about an apartment building in Alamitos Beach - but saying it could happen anywhere in the city - Tuesday night the City Council took the first step in adding tougher restrictions on houses and apartments where registered sex offenders can live.

The new ordinance, if approved in coming weeks, will go above and beyond state laws, restricting registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet (or 2,500 feet for those considered "high risk") from any licensed child-care facility. Also, the city attorney will look into whether it is legal for the city to limit the number of sex offenders who can live in one apartment complex, although state law may not allow that…