State Sen. Debra Bowen, D-Marina Del Rey, was in her office overlooking the crash site when the truck hit the building. The FBI's counterterrorism unit and state and local law enforcement officials rushed to the scene, where sources said they initially feared the incident was a terrorist attack. Full Story Investigators looking for a bomb on board the truck found none and determined that the explosions were caused by diesel gas tanks bursting into flames, fire Capt. Don Braziel said. A Sacramento Fire Department inspector who refused to be named said firefighters had found no explosives inside the vehicle and that the fire may have been sparked when the truck's fuel tanks were ripped off the side as it hit the doorway.
Bowers has a history of assaults, theft and other contacts with law enforcement.
Authorities have a file documenting threats he allegedly has made against Gov. Gray Davis, according to sources. Full story Part of Bowers sentence was served at Atascadero State Hospital, a mental health facility in the prison system, said a Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections. According to Harry Martin, Publisher of the Napa Sentinel, the California prison system has been conducting mind control experiments for decades. Many of these experiments went on in the prison mental facilities. Bowers was in and out of California prisons for at least 10 years.