A Murrieta man is facing 13 felony charges that he raped four women including one in Lake Elsinore more than 10 years ago. 44 year old Melbrough Williams Jr. is accused of preying on prostitutes and could make his first court appearance today.

A UC Irvine professor said to be distraught over his son’s suicide has been charged with arson. Prosecutors say Professor Rainer Reinscheid allegedly set three arson fires at University high school where his son attended, and wrote emails threatening to kills students and administrators at the school.

Inland Empire gas prices are up 15 cents over the last 20 days and now average 3.80 a gallon.

Moreno Valley school board member Mike Rios who is charged with pimping, pandering and rape, is now running for city council. The “Press Enterprise” says Mike Rios intends to run in District One so that he can put an end to what he calls “corruption.” Rios is facing multiple felonies and will be back in court August 10th.

The days of Microsoft’s Hotmail, its web-based email service are numbered. Microsoft is dropping Hotmail in favor of Outlook.com, its new personal, free web-based service.

From the London Summer Games, Michael Phelps now owns the most Olympic medals of anyone in history. Phelps won a silver yesterdain the 200 meter butterfly and helped Team USA to a gold in the 4 x 200 freestyle relay.The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won the gold medal for the first time since 1996. The US and China are tied in the medal count with 23 each.