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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, APRIL 26 - In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Manuel Benitez, 5, lends a hand to his mother and friend as they study a DMV worksheet showing the variety of traffic signs they will need to know if they are to pass the California drivers licenses test during an information session at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego. The consular office is hosting monthly driver's license test preparation classes, and state officials are putting together audio materials and flashcards in Spanish to help immigrants. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Months ahead, immigrants study for driver test

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO STEVEN-This combination of undated photos from the Megan's Law website shows suspects, Steven Dean Gordon, 45, left, and Franc Cano, 27, who were arrested on Friday, April 11, 2014, on suspicion of killing four women in Orange County, Calif. Anaheim police said detectives in Santa Ana and Anaheim launched a joint investigation after the naked body of Jarrae Nykkole Estepp, 21, was found in the conveyor belt of a recycling plant last month. The probe led detectives to connect the men to her slaying, and the disappearance of three women who frequented a Santa Ana neighborhood known for drug dealing and prostitution. (AP Photo/Megan's Law)

Alleged serial killings highlight GPS limits

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

A portrait of murder victim Martha Anaya, left, is displayed on a table as her mother Herlinda Salcedo cries Sunday April 13, 2014, while looking at a computer that she used to try and find her in Santa Ana. Anaya, a sex worker, is alleged to have been slain by a pair of serial killers. Anaya's family was heavily using social media in their efforts to discover her fate. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Eugene Garcia)

Police: GPS helped solve, didn’t deter killings

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press