By Hadas Gold, CNN

(CNN) — The man who allegedly threw an incendiary device at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing attempted murder and attempted arson charges, authorities said Monday.

Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old from Texas, is accused of throwing an incendiary device at Altman’s home on Friday night, before going on to strike at the glass doors of OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters with a chair while saying he wanted “to burn it down and kill anyone inside,” according to a criminal complaint filed Monday by the FBI. He was arrested outside of OpenAI’s offices the night of the incident. No one was injured.

The attack “was planned, targeted and extremely serious,” Matt Cobo, FBI San Francisco acting special agent in charge, said during a news conference on Monday.

Moreno-Gama faces both state and federal charges, including attempted murder and attempted arson on the state level, and on the federal level, charges related to an unregistered firearm and attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives.

He could also face charges related to domestic terrorism, said Craig Missakian, US Attorney for Northern District of California.

“If the evidence shows that Mr. Moreno-Gama executed these attacks to change public policy or to coerce government or other officials, we will treat this as an act of domestic terrorism, and together with our partners, prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law,” Missakian said.

CNN is working to determine whether Moreno-Gama has legal representation.

According to the federal criminal complaint, San Francisco police officers found a document Moreno-Gama was carrying which “identified views opposed to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the executives of various AI companies,” including Altman. Moreno-Gama “discussed the purported risk AI poses to humanity” and wrote about killing Altman, as well as listing out the “names and addresses of apparent board members and chief executive officers of AI companies and investors.”

FBI agents raided Moreno-Gama’s home in Texas on Monday, CNN affiliate KHOU reported.

“This morning, the FBI and partners conducted an operation in Texas, related to a subject in custody allegedly in connection with the attack on Open AI CEO Sam Altman’s home on Friday morning. Thank you to our agents, intel teams, and partners for the coordination,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X.

In a personal blog post on Friday evening, Altman shared a photo of his husband and baby “in the hopes that it might dissuade the next person from throwing a Molotov cocktail at our house, no matter what they think about me,” he wrote.

CNN has reached out to OpenAI for comment.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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By Sarah Ferris, CNN

(CNN) — Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announced on Monday that he would step down from Congress, just days before he faced the possibility of a high-stakes vote that could have made him the seventh-ever member to be expelled from the House.

The Texas Republican said he planned to “file my retirement from office” on Tuesday, which GOP leadership sources confirmed to CNN meant that he would resign. Gonzales had been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for having a relationship with a former senior aide in his congressional office.

It was not immediately clear when the resignation would take effect. He — along with Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell — have both been under fierce pressure by their House colleagues to resign after allegations that they had sexual relationships with those who had worked for them. Swalwell announced his own resignation minutes before Gonzales.

Behind the scenes, a plan had emerged for a woman from each party, Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico and GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, to each draft an expulsion measure to force separate removal votes targeting the two members who had publicly faced allegations of wrongdoing. The GOP representative’s measure would target Swalwell, while the Democrat’s would target Gonzales.

Gonzales had already lost support from GOP leaders, though they, notably, did not call on him to resign from Congress immediately. Instead, they called for him to withdraw from his election, which he did.

“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas,” the congressman said in a statement posted to X.

Gonzales had acknowledged an affair with a former staffer, a violation of House rules. The former staffer later died by suicide.

Then last week, the San Antonio Express-News published previously unreported texts that Gonzales allegedly sent the political director of his campaign in June 2020, during his first run for Congress. The texts, as published by the Express-News, included Gonzales asking that staffer “What kind of panties do you wear?,” repeatedly soliciting nude photos from her, and describing how he wanted to have sex with her. That alleged conduct was separate from the affair; the staffer who received the texts told the San Antonio Express-News the relationship never became physical.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Mayor Randy Rowse announced Monday that he will not be seeking reelection and will finish the remainder of his current term as Mayor of Santa Barbara.

According to a statement shared with Your News Channel Monday, Mayor Rowse stated:

It has been a pleasure and a great honor to serve the people of Santa Barbara over a nearly 14 year career on Council. While I’m proud of much we have done and mindful of how much there is ahead, I have made the decision to finish my career at the end of this term. My reasons are strictly personal and are not related to any issue or individual, it’s just my time to move on. I will continue to focus on my office and now can do so without the distraction of running and maintaining a campaign simultaneously. I truly love this city and have enjoyed the opportunity afforded to me. I’m not going anywhere and plan to be engaged in city issues and events in the future.

With Mayor Rowse's departure, the race to be the next Mayor of Santa Barbara comes down Santa Barbara Unified School District Boardmember Wendy Sims-Moten and City Councilmembers Eric Friedman and Kristin Sneddon.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Mayor Randy Rowse announced Monday that he will not be seeking reelection and will finish the remainder of his current term as Mayor of Santa Barbara.

Rowse shared a statement with Your News Channel early Monday:

It has been a pleasure and a great honor to serve the people of Santa Barbara over a nearly 14 year career on Council. While I’m proud of much we have done and mindful of how much there is ahead, I have made the decision to finish my career at the end of this term. My reasons are strictly personal and are not related to any issue or individual, it's just my time to move on. I will continue to focus on my office and now can do so without the distraction of running and maintaining a campaign simultaneously. I truly love this city and have enjoyed the opportunity afforded to me. I’m not going anywhere and plan to be engaged in city issues and events in the future.

Rowse later took some questions outside of his city hall office.

He reiterated that he put a lot of thought into the decision to drop out of the race.

"I have been thinking about this for a long long time it is nothing to do with any subject, issue or personalities, it is a personal decision, I have some stuff in this stage of my life, I think it is time to move on and do something else," said Rowse.

He said his family would have supported him either way.

Rowse attended a library event on Monday with Congressman Salud Carbajal and said he will stay involved with the city he loves.

"I plan to stay engaged, I might be more effective on the outside than the inside and I really like the ability to help people from time to time but I really think I can do that on the outside as well," said Rowse.

He recalled being on the council for 9 years and then taking a break before running for Mayor of Santa Barbara.

Rowse said after some negative campaign adds he received more campaign contribution.

He ended up raising about $315,000 for a job that pays $75,000 a year.

The former owner of the Paradise Cafe had a business owner's perspective.

"Being in business doesn't confer genius on anybody, but it gives you perspective and when you've signed the front of paychecks and when you've had to have the pressure of making payroll, from time to time, it's a different, a different perspective, it's something that you can't get otherwise and so very few of us really get to have that perspective."

The city's 51st mayor wasn't always on the winning side of controversial votes including votes to keep a portion of State Street closed or plans to create Rent Stabilization ordinance, but he has high hopes for Santa Barbara.

Due to the city's move to even year elections his 5th year as mayor comes to a close in 2027.

Interested candidates have until this July to file the paperwork with the City Clerk's Office in order to make the ballot.

With Mayor Rowse's departure, the race to be the next Mayor of Santa Barbara currently comes down to City Councilmembers Eric Friedman (District 5) and Kristin Sneddon (District 4) who are the only two candidates to file campaign finance paperwork for the now-open race confirmed the Santa Barbara City Clerk's Office Monday.

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