Authorities are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect wanted in connection to three bank robberies across San Diego.

The latest attempted robbery occurred on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1:43 p.m. at the Wells Fargo bank on the 9900 block of Scripps Ranch Boulevard.

According to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), the suspect gave a demand note to the bank teller and said he had a gun. When the teller did not comply, the suspect ran away.

He was described to be approximately 5-feet 9-inches tall, around 180 pounds and in his 20s. He was wearing a black and red beanie, a red hooded jacket and dark colored pants.

Although the suspect stated he had a gun, SDPD says no weapon was seen.

The FBI and local law enforcement agencies identified the man as a suspect in two other robberies in the San Diego area.

One robbery was reported at the US Bank on Federal Boulevard on Jan. 3 and another on Dec. 28, 2016 at the Wells Fargo Bank on Garnet Avenue.

Surveillance video captured the suspect on two separate robberies.

Anyone with information is asked to the FBI at (858)320-1800.

With all the rain recently, San Diegans are wondering whether the severe drought in California is over and if they should continue to conserve.

Another big question—will water bills decrease?

San Diego County is primarily a water importer, so this year's wet winter weather is helping our water supply.

The snowpack from where the county gets its water from is 140 percent of the average amount, which will replenish the Colorado River Basin.

Record rain in Northern California communities is spilling over river banks while local rain is filling reservoirs.

"We don't believe the San Diego region is in a drought emergency at this time. We have adequate supplies,” Water Resource Manager Dana Friehauf said.

Still, the county water authority still urges wise water use.

"We don't have to draw all those reservoirs down as quickly because we are conserving,” Friehauf said.

But conservation and drought restrictions will not shelter San Diegans from higher water bills.

If you use less water, your provider could charge you more per volume to make up for the loss of revenue. But service and maintenance costs are fixed and less affected by supply and demand.

Some San Diegans are taking it upon themselves to conserve as much water as possible during the rainy days.

"On every 1,000 square foot of roof in a one inch rain event, you can capture 620 gallons,” said Diane Downey.

She has four rain barrels that have been filled and drained onto landscape and gardens on the property several times since the rainy season began.

"Any water that falls on our property stays on our property,” Downey said.

She added that she is more concerned with the future of fresh water in San Diego then currents costs to ship it here.

“There is only so much water from the planet we can access to drink so if we just throw it down the gutter and waste it that way then we are throwing away potential drinking water,” Downey said.

But the future of conservation and cost is at the center of much debate.

The desalination plant in Carlsbad celebrated its first anniversary in December, 2016.

The drought proof system provides seven to ten percent of the Water Authority's demand.

According to its website, operating the system adds around $5 to your monthly bill.

Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos will announce the team’s move to Los Angeles on Thursday, according to published reports. A team spokesperson told NBC 7 he could not confirm the report and the mayor's spokesperson said no one from the team has contacted the mayor.

If it proves to be true, the move comes after years of failed negotiations between the City of San Diego and the owners of the NFL franchise.

ESPN's Adam Schefter, who cites league sources, tweeted the news just hours after NBC 7 SportsWrap reported that the NFL had extended the deadline for the team's decision from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17. 

Unconfirmed reports of a possible announcement have been circulating all week. However, there is no word on a possible timeline with the move. 

According to the ESPN report, the Bolts have notified NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and other league owners of their intent to move for the 2017 season. 

However, the report goes on to state a formal relocation letter has not been sent. 

"But as one league source cautioned Wednesday night, Chargers chairman Dean Spanos has yet to send a formal relocation letter to the NFL, yet to notify public officials in Los Angeles or San Diego of the team's move, or even tell the members of the San Diego organization about his plans. The source insisted nothing is final," Schefter writes in his report.

A spokesman for San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer confirmed the Chargers have not contacted their office. 

NBC 7 has reached out to the Chargers organization for comment. We will update this story when they reply. On Tuesday, a team representative told us that “nothing is planned at this time.”

ESPN’s Jim Trotter reports Spanos has called a meeting for Thursday morning to reportedly inform the staff on the decision.

The report states: "A team employee told the Associated Press that the Chargers have scheduled an 11 a.m. ET staff meeting for Thursday, the topic of which hadn't been divulged."

However, Chargers' special counsel Mark Fabiani tells NBC 7: "At this hour nothing has been formally scheduled for tomorrow, but that is subject to change in the morning."

The Chargers possible relocation has been a hot button issue for years. At the center of the problem is the Chargers dilapidated home stadium. Since 1967, the Chargers have played at Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley. Multiple efforts between the Chargers, NFL, city and county officials have failed to provide a stadium solution, either a new stadium or a remodeled Qualcomm Stadium.

Chargers fans expressed their anger over the potential move to Los Angeles. Police had to surround the administrative offices at Chargers Park after one heated fan egged the front of the building.

Dan Wellington filmed himself on social media, hurling about a half-dozen eggs at the team’s headquarters.

“Why go? This is such a bad deal," he said. "You're going to have to spend so much to move and you’re not willing to put it here. As a lifelong Chargers fan it’s a total kick in the stomach.”

Another fan also showed up at Chargers Park Wednesday night, saying he was fed up and frustrated.

“I hate you guys, I can't wait to burn everything I own of you guys from shoes, to canopies, to jerseys, to sweaters, to junior Chargers Girl uniforms," Frank Sesma said. "I don’t make that much money and I've dedicated a lot of money and soul to these guys.”

Spanos made no secret he preferred a downtown stadium site and asked San Diegans to keep an open mind regarding a proposed ballot measure.

In November, San Diego voters rejected the latest stadium proposal, a ballot measure that would have raised hotel occupancy taxes to help pay for a proposed $1.8 billion downtown stadium project. Measure C needed a two-thirds vote to pass but it received only 43 percent approval.

The Chargers have been in San Diego for 56 years, since moving here from Los Angeles in 1961. The team joined the National Football League in 1970 as part of the NFL-AFL merger.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday and told him the intelligence community did not leak information about an unverified memo that sparked a firestorm of controversy when it was published online, NBC News reported.

"I emphasized that this document is not a U.S. Intelligence Community product and that I do not believe the leaks came from within the IC," Clapper said, referring to the intelligence community. "The IC has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable, and we did not rely upon it in any way for our conclusions."

The 35-page privately-prepared memorandum published by BuzzFeed on Tuesday includes claims that the Russian government has been cultivating, supporting and assisting Trump for five years, among other allegations. (BuzzFeed is partly funded by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.)

"I expressed my profound dismay at the leaks that have been appearing in the press, and we both agreed that they are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security," Clapper said.

A conveyor belt of strong Pacific storms brought enough rain and snow to California early this winter to knock out drought conditions in the northern part of the state, according to this week's U.S. Drought Monitor report.

More than 40 percent of California is out of the drought after several rounds of storms during the wet season, which began Oct. 1, according to the weekly report. The streams of moisture have caused some flooding, but eliminated drought conditions in the northern half of California.

"We're making progress," said NBC4 Southern California forecaster Crystal Egger. "We still have a ways to go. It's not going to happen in just one season."

This time last year, 97 percent of the state was in drought.

Parts of California remain in a fifth consecutive year of drought conditions, but the report cited major improvements for the state's water reservoirs and the critical snowpack in the Sierra Nevada range. That snowpack melts in the spring, then flows into the state's water reservoirs, most of which were above the normal Jan. 10 historic level and rising, and provides Californians with much of their year-round water supply.

The snowpack level also is well above normal for Jan. 10, according to the Drought Monitor.

The most severe drought conditions -- identified as exceptional drought -- persist in a small part of southwestern California. That leaves about 2 percent of the state under the most severe drought category, marking a significant improvement from this time last year when 42 percent was under exceptional drought.

California will remain in a drought emergency until Gov. Jerry Brown approves changes to the order he issued in January 2014 to combat consecutive dry years. Brown issued that announcement on a patch of bare grass in the Sierras, which are now buried under snow.

The governor is likely to wait until the end of winter to make a decision. 

The Monitor's latest report, compiled by water experts who use soil moisture, stream levels and snowpack to make their estimates, includes data through Tuesday Jan. 10. More rain and snow arrived Wednesday and Thursday.

The storms are expected to move out ahead of the weekend, provided a much-needed break for Northern California residents who have faced flooding and the threat of landslides.

For premature babies, getting the slightest chill can increase their chance of life-threatening illnesses.

Nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Texas Health Fort Worth developed a program to keep fragile babies warmer.

It has led to a decrease of very low birth weight babies being admitted to the NICU as hypothermic, and potentially increasing their chance of survival.

Premature infants with admission temperatures below 96.8 degrees are at higher risk of mortality and some morbidities, including late-onset sepsis, intraventricular hemorrhage and oxygen toxicity.

The program involves placing the most fragile premature babies, usually less than 32 weeks gestation and 3.3 pounds, into Ziploc freezer bags.

The team cuts a hole at the top of the bag and slides the baby in head first moments after birth.

"It creates kind of a hot house effect so the babies stay warm. So, as they are rolled into the NICU, their admission temperatures are normal," said Stephanie Eidson, B.S.N., clinical educator.

"It sounds so simple that people might wonder why the focus on temperature is just now being addressed, but the process was actually very involved," said Lindsey Cannon, M.S.N., R.N., NICU manager.

Cannon and Eidson put together a team consisting of Labor & Delivery and NICU nurses and leaders, physicians, respiratory therapists and Operating Room, Engineering and Housekeeping staff to work on what's been called the "Hypothermia Eradication from Admission Temperatures "H.E.A.T." study."

The study resulted in interventions like the use of preheated radiant warmers, thermal mattresses, polypropylene bags and plastic shower caps to prevent infant heat loss upon birth.

Additionally, they increased the room temperature of the delivery room from 74 to 76 degrees, using cooling vests to keep staff comfortable.

Within two years, the percentage of hypothermic infants on NICU admission decreased from 20 to 10 percent, and the percentage of infants with normal temperatures increased from 50 to 70 percent, according to the hospital system.

Christine Evans gave birth to her twins girls at 30 weeks gestation in November.

Emma weighed three pounds and her sister, Abigail, weighed two pounds, 11 ounces.

"We are lucky that I came out okay and that they came out of it OK. The outcome could have been vastly different," Evans said.

Seconds after they were born, both girls were placed into Ziploc freezer bags. Elastic bowl covers were placed on their tiny heads.

"Seeing them in Ziploc bags was very odd. I didn't expect that one," said new father, Jason Evans.

"We could have been at any other hospital and not had the same outcome. We don't know. But we were in the right place at the right time," said Christine Evans.

Statement for the Record before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The Honorable Mike Pompeo
January 12, 2017

Senator Dole, thank you for your kind words. But more importantly, thank you for the great service you have performed for Kansas and for America both in your life as an elected official, as a soldier in WWII and as a patriot who worked so hard to build the memorial to honor those who fought in that war. Every Kansan—and I think it’s safe to say, all of your former colleagues here in the Senate—know that they have benefitted from your wit, your patriotism and your kindness. I know that I have.

Senator Roberts, thank you too for your kind introduction. I am especially grateful for your guidance over the years, not simply because you are the Dean of our Kansas Congressional delegation, but due to your insights as the former Chairman of this committee. As Chairman, you provided critical leadership during a pivotal and challenging period of American history – during the early years of the Global War on Terrorism and the Iraq War – and I hope I can continue to count on your advice and counsel.

Chairman Burr, Vice-Chairman Warner, Senators – I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as the nominee for the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Should I be fortunate enough to be confirmed by the Senate, I hope to visit you more often from Langley than I have from across the Capitol. I mean this not as a criticism of relations between the two Houses of Congress, but a recognition of how much value I would place on relations between the CIA and its Congressional overseers.

I want to thank the members and staff of this Committee for their attention to my nomination over the last few weeks. Since I first joined the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) in the 112th Congress, I have felt a special appreciation for the hard work that goes into Congressional oversight. The tremendous honor we have in overseeing the intelligence community is only tempered by the sobering burden of grappling in secret with the many national security challenges facing our country.

I would like to thank President-elect Trump for nominating me to serve in this role and for the faith he has shown in me. It is an honor to be selected as the next steward of the premier intelligence agency that is the CIA. I look forward to working with Senator Dan Coats, nominee for the Director of National Intelligence, and supporting him in his critical role, if we are both confirmed.

I want to thank my patient and patriotic wife Susan, and my son Nicholas, each whom I love dearly. They are both supporting me here this morning. The two of you have been so selfless in allowing me to return to public service— first as a member of Congress and, now, if confirmed, back working with warriors who keep America safe. I cannot tell you how much it means to have you sitting with me today.

I am also grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District of Kansas, who have entrusted me to represent them in the House of Representatives since 2011. I am proud to have earned and kept their trust, and have cherished every minute of service to my constituents.

That said, having been a Member of the House Intelligence Committee and an overseer of our nation’s intelligence enterprise, I understand full well that my job, if confirmed, will be to change roles from policymaker to information provider. My job will be to stay clearly on the side of intelligence collection and objective analysis of our national security challenges—presenting factual intelligence and sound judgments to policymakers, including this Committee. I have spent the majority of my life outside the realm of politics – as a cavalry officer in the United States Army, then as a litigator, and then running two manufacturing businesses. Returning to duty requiring hard work and unerring candor is something that is in my bones.

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Today, I would like to first briefly sketch some of the specific challenges facing the U.S.; second, address trends in intelligence I have seen from my post on HPSCI; and finally, describe what I see as the CIA’s role in addressing these challenges.

Threat Environment

First, as many have noted, this is the most complicated threat environment the U.S. has faced in recent memory. The litany is now familiar:

• As Director Clapper acknowledged at the beginning of 2016: “there are now more Sunni violent extremist groups, members, and safe havens than at any time in history.”
• ISIS remains a resilient movement, has metastasized, and shockingly has controlled major urban centers in the Middle East for well over two years. Whereas a few years ago, we focused on stemming the flow of foreign fighters going to Syria and Iraq, today, the concern is making sure they, and those they inspire, are prevented from expanding their reach, returning home, or slaughtering more innocent people.
•  Syria is a failed state and has become one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the 21st century. This conflict has led to the rise of extremism, sectarianism, instability in the region and Europe, and the worst refugee crisis the world has faced in recent memory.

• Iran – the leading state sponsor of terror – has become an emboldened, disruptive player in the Middle East, fueling tension with our Sunni allies.
• Russia has reasserted itself aggressively, invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe, and doing nearly nothing to aid in the destruction of ISIS.
• As China flexes its muscles and expands its military and economic reach, its activities in the South and East China Seas and in cyberspace are pushing new boundaries and creating real tension.
• North Korea has dangerously accelerated its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, with little regard for international pressure.
• In an increasingly inter-connected world, the cyber domain presents new and growing challenges. Using evolving cyber tools, state and non-state actors continue to probe U.S. systems, exploit vulnerabilities, and challenge our interests.

Intelligence Trends

Intelligence is vital to every national security issue facing the United States. As some have said, it is the “lifeblood” of national security and is more in demand than ever.

• Intelligence enables better-informed decisions by reducing uncertainty; it is critical in seeking to avoid strategic or tactical surprise, and to giving our armed forces superior domain awareness.
• We rely on intelligence from around the globe to keep danger from our shores. High quality precision intelligence enables our military efforts.

More and more, intelligence is critical to making effective other elements of national power including sanctions against weapons proliferators, cyber criminals, perpetrators of war crimes, and terrorist financiers.

• We share capabilities and intelligence to improve relationships in furtherance of our national security objectives. Foreign governments and liaison services are vital partners in preventing attacks and providing crucial intelligence. It is important that we thank our foreign partners for standing with us.

As we face a deteriorating global picture, the U.S. needs to redouble its efforts by ensuring we have more intelligence, not less. Indeed, senior Intelligence Community leaders worry that recent budget cuts will have a silent, corrosive effect—weakening the fabric of the intelligence community. If confirmed, as Director, I intend to be an advocate for a strong and vibrant intelligence community and for CIA’s centrality in that community.

There are at least five long term trends making the urgency of recognizing and supporting intelligence critically important.

• First, the Intelligence Community finds itself a potential victim of a longer term negative budgetary trend. Given the vital role of intelligence in national security, and given the increasing threats we face, this makes little sense.
• Second, technological advancement across the globe, even by non-hostile countries, is challenging the U.S. advantage, as commercial technologies spread into the hands of those who wish us harm. The world is gaining on the U.S.
• We have long seen this dynamic with the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missile technology, but increasingly in the cyber domain, countries thought to be unsophisticated, such as North Korea, have overcome what appear to be low technological barriers of entry to engage in offensive cyber operations. The U.S. must continue to invest wisely to maintain a decisive advantage.
• The effects of dislocation, lack of governance, and the rise of non-state actors threaten our national security and present critical challenges to the Intelligence Community. This is creating new targets for CIA’s intelligence collection and analysis that compete for attention with the usual state suspects and bad actors.
• Finally, the insider threat problem has grown exponentially in the digital age. Counterintelligence is a perennial issue and we must be increasingly aware that those within our agencies have access to millions of files. By the same token, the use of digital assets by foreign actors creates intelligence opportunities.

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CIA’s Role

I want to talk in more detail about today’s challenges. The greatest threats to our national security have always been the CIA’s top priorities. And the CIA has always been at the forefront of America’s comprehensive efforts to meet these threats. Since September 11, 2001, the CIA’s activities have been extraordinary. As the tip of the spear in the war on terrorism, the CIA has put tremendous pressure on our enemies, reducing their freedom to plan, communicate and travel.

The CIA has always played integral roles in America’s fight against radical Islamic terror. It sounded warning bells before 9/11 of al Qaeda’s growing global reach. CIA officers were the first into Afghanistan to lay the groundwork for the military effort that struck a major blow to al Qaeda and drove the Taliban from power. From understanding and tearing apart al Qaeda in Iraq networks, to the hunt for bin Laden, the CIA has been at the forefront of the fight every step of the way.

My outline above of hard targets and challenges merely skims the surface of the potential threats facing the United States. If confirmed, it will be the CIA’s mission to bring other pressing problems, risks, and challenges from regions and countries that don’t always make the front page to the attention of senior policymakers. Indeed, if we are doing our job, we will help U.S. policymakers act early to prevent such problems from becoming front page news.

• It will also be the CIA’s mission, and my own, to ensure the Agency remains the best in the world at its core mission: discovering the truth and searching out information. 

• In this complex threat environment, we must gather intelligence from the most elusive targets and in the most difficult environments. We will need to rely on liaison services and new relationships, which are critical to gathering information around the world. Even so, U.S. intelligence must continue to expand its global coverage to keep up with these threats. While intelligence sharing relationships with our friends and allies are important, they cannot replace our own unilateral recruiting and operations. To protect America, the CIA must continue to be the world’s premier espionage service.
• One obvious emerging area for increased focus – both unilaterally and in conjunction with our partners – is the cyber domain. The internet – and the connectivity of our world, systems, and devices – is a borderless, global environment, easily and frequently exploited by sophisticated adversaries like China and Russia, as well as by less sophisticated adversaries like Iran and North Korea, non-state actors, terrorist groups, criminal organizations, and hackers. While NSA and Cyber Command play leading roles, cyber has become critical to virtually every intelligence operation and CIA must continue to operate at the forefront on this issue.
• As the President-elect has made clear, one of my top priorities, if confirmed, is to assist in defeating ISIS. Radical Islamic terrorism is both a symptom and a catalyst of the terrible conflicts raging in the Middle East that have created both a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe. The enduring capability of al Qaeda and its affiliates, the rise and resilience of ISIS and Islamic extremists in Libya and across the Middle East, and the brutality of al Shabaab and Boko Haram, should remind us of the need to maintain an aggressive counterterrorism posture. It is also critical to address what manifestations of this threat and ideology emerge – beyond ISIS and al Qaeda.

• We must also be rigorously fair and objective in assessing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. As the deal permits domestic enrichment and other nuclear research and development, U.S. policymakers will need increased intelligence collection and insightful analysis. While as a Member of Congress I opposed the Iran deal, if confirmed, my role will change. It will be to drive the Agency to aggressively pursue collection operations and ensure analysts have the time, political space, and resources to make objective and methodologically sound judgments. If confirmed, I will present their judgments to policymakers.
• The same goes for Russia. It is a policy decision as to what to do with Russia, but I understand it will be essential that the Agency provide policymakers with accurate intelligence and clear-eyed analysis of Russian activities.
• The Agency must also serve as the nation’s sentinel for new and emerging threats and trends, monitoring the convergence of rogue actors and capabilities, and sources of instability that can spread across the globe and undermine U.S. national security. This means that the Agency needs the means, capabilities, reach, and awareness to understand and convey where threats are emerging and how U.S. interests may be vulnerable. This requires constant innovation, analytic rigor, and operational flexibility – hallmarks of the CIA.

As a Member of the House Intelligence Committee, I fully appreciate the need for transparency with the Congressional oversight committees. If the Intelligence Community does not secure the support of the appropriate Congressional authorities for its activities, the legislative backlash from controversial intelligence failures and controversies can be severe and counterproductive.

We owe it to our constituents to get to the bottom of intelligence failures – as this Committee did with the pre-war Iraq intelligence. But we owe it to the brave Americans of the intelligence community not to shirk our responsibility when unauthorized disclosures to the media expose controversial intelligence activities, or when Edward Snowden, from the comfort of his Moscow safe house, misleads the American people about the NSA’s surveillance activities.

I cannot stress strongly enough how proud of the CIA’s workforce Americans would be if they could peek behind the curtains, as the Committee gets to do, to see them in action. The incredible talent, bravery, and ingenuity these patriots put on the line every day in defense of our country are constant inspirations to me.

On my first visit out to the CIA headquarters a few years ago, I was walking through an analytical targeting cell. I saw a woman who appeared as though she had not slept for weeks, poring over a data set on her screen. I stopped, introduced myself and asked her what she was working on. She said she thought she was just hours away from solving a riddle about the location of a particularly bad character that she had been pursuing for months. She was not about to abandon her post. She had her mission and its completion would make America safer. A true patriot. In the past years, I have come to know that there are countless men and women just like her working to crush our adversaries with world class intelligence operations.

As these quiet professionals grapple with an overwhelming series of challenges in this increasingly uncertain world, they deserve our support and our respect. When we ask them to do difficult things, they should not have to wonder whether we will stand beside them if things go sideways. We should have their backs. Full stop.

When there are intelligence failures, operations that go off the rails, or controversial disclosures, if I am fortunate enough to be confirmed, I pledge to come to the Committee in a timely fashion – and be as forthcoming as possible. But I believe that leaders of the Intelligence Community and Congress owe it to the young men and women who risk their lives for us to do our utmost to keep mistakes from being politicized.

This past weekend, I visited Arlington National Cemetery. I’ve done this many times, but on this visit, I paid special attention to the markers that commemorate CIA officers who have perished ensuring our freedom and working to meet America’s intelligence demands. From Afghanistan to Korea and from Lebanon to Africa, and in so many places most Americans will never know, Agency officers put their lives at risk. Too often, because of the nature of their work, we know little about these men and women and what they do. What we do know, is that they were prepared to give so much for each of us. We know the sacrifices of the families of each CIA officer as well. As I walked among these heroes, I was reminded of the sacred trust that will be granted to me if I am confirmed. I will never fail it.

I am honored to have been nominated to lead the finest intelligence agency the world has ever known—working to keep safe the people of the greatest nation in the history of civilization. If confirmed, I will be sworn to defend the United States Constitution for the third time in my life – first as a soldier, then as a member of the House of Representatives, and, now, to work for the President and with each of you.

I look forward to your questions today.

Social media has been a really visceral, emotional place since Wednesday night, when ESPN reported that the Chargers were planning a move to LA.

A number of Bolts fans were taking to Twitter and Facebook to share their heartbreak, some noting they wanted to burn their team memorabilia.

Some pondered how well the team would do in LA, a market that already has the struggling Rams. Others questioned whether fans would follow the team north.

At Chargers park late Wednesday night, a fan was spotted throwing eggs at the main building front door.

The next morning, another fan brought candles to prepare a vigil, though a security officer quickly shooed the person away.

Another fan drove to the park with a "Spanos Sucks" bumper sticker on the car.

Here's a snapshot of some of the reaction on Twitter and Facebook.

If you're on a mobile device, you can check out the fan reaction here.

The Chargers may be preparing to leave us but if you believe what you read, Los Angeles doesn't appear too willing to welcome the team with open arms.

Multiple media reports from ESPN to NFL.com are reporting Thursday that Chargers owner Dean Spanos told the NFL commission and several owners that he'll be moving the team to LA.

This morning, one the home page of LATimes.com, there's a clear message: Thanks, but no thanks.

In his column, "Chargers shouldn’t look for a welcome wagon in L.A." Bill Plaschke said he has still to meet a Chargers fan in Los Angeles.

He goes on to write that the Spanos family - worth billions - "could have made it work there if they weren’t insistent on using public money that the people of San Diego smartly refused to give them."

A team employee has told The Associated Press that the Chargers have called a staff meeting today.

NBC 7 has crews at Chargers Park and will provide full coverage throughout the day Thursday. Download the free NBC 7 mobile app for updates.

The deadline for the Chargers to exercise their relocation option was extended two days to Jan. 17 by the NFL. That decision was made because the 15th falls on a Sunday and Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday.

The league's stadium and finance committees met for about 3 1/2 hours Wednesday to discuss relocation of the Chargers and Raiders. Should the Chargers actually decide to stay put, the Raiders could invade the L.A. market unless owner Mark Davis ships the team to Las Vegas as he has previously indicated.

NBC 7 Sportwrap’s Derek Togerson is at Chargers Park covering the team's major announcement: the Bolts are moving from San Diego to Los Angeles.

Below, a collection of thoughts from our NBC 7 sports guru about what comes next after this phase of the lengthy Chargers saga:

8:18 a.m.: It's a dark day for the Rebellion: 

8:10 a.m.: It's official. After more than 55 years in San Diego, the Chargers are officially moving to Los Angeles.

7:45 a.m.: I’m heading to Chargers Park. Wish me luck.

7:30 a.m.: I’ve reached out to the San Diego Padres this morning to get their thoughts on the possibility of their team now being the only major sports league team in town. Do they have anything planned to fill the void for San Diego sports fans? The Padres tell me they will release a statement shortly.

7 a.m.: If the Chargers leave, what does this mean for the Mission Valley stadium site? Can we put a new stadium there, still, for San Diego State University or MLS? What does this mean for professional sports in San Diego?

Stay with NBC 7 for updates on the Chargers all day.

When the Chargers organization announced the move to Los Angeles Thursday, they changed their logo on social media.

The letters "LA" in white are connected on a blue background with a lightning bolt shooting to the right of the logo.

The Dodgers logo has always connected the "L" with the "A" on a blue  background.

The Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team quickly jumped on social media to draw its own comparison. The tweet has gone viral.

We also did a Twitter poll on what folks thought about the new logo. Of the 445 accounts that voted, 52 percent did not like the logo. Another 45 percent said they didn't care.

Americans weren't the only ones tuning into Donald Trump's first press conference since being elected president — people around the world watched for clues on how the new administration would impact their lives.

"We don't care [about Trump], as long as life's good in Russia," Irina Smirnova, a 39-year old Moscow resident, told NBC News. 

"I had to grin several times," a professor of American Studies at Heidelberg University in Germany told NBC News' partner ZDF. "But in regard to the power of the office you choke on the laughter. Trump's speech reminded of a sitcom, which at the end was more like a horror comedy."

Click through for more reaction from other countries. 

President Barack Obama awarded a teary-eyed Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday, praising the vice president as an "extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service."

Obama said he's bestowing Biden, who appeared visibly stunned, with the nation's highest civilian honor for "faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations."

"For the first and only time in my presidency, I will bestow this medal with an additional level of veneration, an honor my three most recent successors have reserved for only three others: Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and Gen. Colin Powell," Obama said at a White House ceremony billed as a tribute dedicated to honoring the outgoing vice president.

Taking the podium, a surprised Biden said he had "no inkling." 

The vice president said he doesn't deserve the honor, but knows "it came from the president's heart."

Biden praised his wife and children for their support throughout his career, and praised the Obama family for their dedication to country and service.

"I was part of the journey of a remarkable man who did remarkable things," Biden said.

With Biden by his side, Obama says the tribute will give the Internet one last chance to joke about the "bromance" the two share.

He honored Biden’s lifetime of public service, including his decades in the Senate and eight years as president, from the Violence Against Women Act, diplomacy, his “cancer moonshot,” and “It’s On Us” campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses.

Obama says his choice of Biden was the "best possible choice, not just for me, but for the American people."

Listing the influences in Biden's life, from the nuns who taught him in grade school, to his Senate colleagues, to his parents, the president commended the "Biden heart."

"His work does not capture the full measure of Joe Biden, I haven’t even mentioned Amtrak, aviators, and 'literally,'” he quipped.

Noting that Biden's career is "nowhere close to finished," Obama says his vice president will go on to have an impact domestically and internationally.

The mysterious killings of local residents Ilona Flint, Salvatore Belvedere and Gianni Belvedere in late 2013 shook San Diego to its core. The triple homicide was puzzling -- riddled with questions about why and how this could happen to three young people.

On Jan. 12, 2017, more than three years after the slayings, Carlo Mercado, 31, pleaded guilty to the murders, finally bringing closure to the case. He will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Here’s a timeline of key events in this case, which began on or around the early hours of Christmas Eve with a deadly shooting outside Westfield Mission Valley Mall.

Dec. 23 or Dec. 24, 2013: Mercado Kills Gianni
On Dec. 23 or early Dec. 24, Mercado randomly approached Gianni Belvedere in the parking lot of Westfield Mission Valley mall. San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Brian Erickson said Mercado was riding his motorcycle in the area when it broke down. Gianni was sitting in his car at the parking lot at Mission Valley mall, waiting to pick up his fiancee, Ilona Flint, from her job at the mall. Mercado walked up to Gianni's car and may have tried to carjack him, Erickson said. He shot Gianni, pushed his body to the passenger's seat and drove off with the stolen car. Gianni bled out and died in his car. Mercado would later stuff Gianni's body into the trunk, leaving it there to decompose for three weeks.

Dec. 24, 2013: The Christmas Eve Shootings of Salvatore & Flint
At around 1:15 a.m., Ilona Flint and Salvatore Belvedere, both 22 years old, were critically shot in a parking lot outside the Macy’s department store at Westfield Mission Valley mall. Despite being shot in the head, Flint managed to call 911 to report the shooting, telling dispatchers she was hurt and located somewhere near the mall. Minutes later, officers found the wounded duo inside a vehicle in the 1600-block of Camino Del Rio North. Flint was pronounced dead at the scene. Salvatore, suffering life-threatening gunshot wounds to the head and torso, was transported to a local hospital. SDPD Lt. Mike Hastings held a briefing on the Christmas Eve shooting and said police were looking for a possible suspect, described as a 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-11 man wearing tan pants.

Dec. 26, 2013: Gianni Belvedere Reported Missing
Two days after the parking lot shooting, the families of both Flint and Salvatore held a brief news conference announcing that 24-year-old Gianni Belvedere – Sal’s older brother and Flint’s fiancé – was missing. Police confirmed Gianni was last seen on Dec. 23, 2013, at around 10 p.m. at his Tierrasanta home. “Gianni, we need you to come home,” pleaded one family member, fighting back tears. "Please call us." Investigators confirmed the Christmas Eve shooting did not appear to be connected to any sort of robbery. Lt. Hastings named a possible vehicle of interest in the case: a 2008-2011 dark gray Honda sedan.

Dec. 27, 2013: Salvatore Dies, Search Continues for Gianni
Three days after the Christmas Eve shooting, the Belvedere family confirmed Sal had died from his wounds. Police said they were still searching for Gianni, and issued a missing person bulletin describing Gianni as an Italian-American man with brown hair and brown eyes. The bulletin said he’s 6 feet tall, 165 pounds and likely driving a four-door, dark green 2004 Toyota Camry XLE with the Utah license plate B154VZ. The Belvedere family said Gianni may have also been at the mall with Flint and Sal at the time of the shooting.

Dec. 28, 2013: Vigil Held for Flint
Loved ones held a public candlelight vigil for Flint at La Jolla Shores. Friends described Flint as a loyal friend and hard worker. Friend Andre Briones told NBC 7 that Flint and Gianni had been dating for about eight years and were engaged to be married. Both Flint and the Belvedere brothers were originally from Utah. Flint moved to San Diego after Gianni and his family relocated here from Utah. Briones also said the Belvedere brothers would often take turns picking Flint up from work and said the trio were the best of friends.

Jan. 1, 2014: Vigil Held for Sal
Approximately 100 loved ones gathered at Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach at sunset on New Year’s Day 2014 to pay tribute to Sal in an emotional vigil. The family said Crystal Pier was one of Sal's favorite surfing spots. The Belvederes also said Gianni was still missing and announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to his safe return. "If you've seen the car, seen him, think you've seen him, please report it to Crime Stoppers, San Diego PD, to the news media, anybody," Gianni's uncle, Paul Donato, pleaded. "We need any clues we can get our hands on to bring him home to put a little closure to this whole nightmare that we're living right now."

Jan. 7, 2014: No Gianni, No Answers
Two weeks to the date of the shooting outside Mission Valley mall, investigators said there was still no trace of Gianni. Lt. Hastings told NBC 7 this is one of the most unusual cases he had ever seen in his 20-year career. Officials also confirmed Gianni’s cell phone and credit cards had not been used since he vanished.

Jan. 17, 2014: Body Found in Trunk of Gianni's Car Riverside
The dark green Toyota Camry with the Utah license plate described in the SDPD’s missing person bulletin for Gianni was found in Riverside, California, about an hour-and-a-half north of San Diego County. A passerby called authorities at around 11:45 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2014, to report a foul odor coming from the trunk area of the vehicle, which was parked at a shopping center. When officers arrived, they opened the trunk and found the decomposed body of a man inside. On Jan. 18, a Belvedere family member confirmed the victim found in the trunk was Gianni. Police said an autopsy was scheduled for the following week.

Jan. 23, 2014: Confirmed by PD: Victim in Trunk is Gianni
Police officially confirmed that the man found dead in the trunk of the car in Riverside was, in fact, missing San Diego resident Gianni Belvedere. The cause of death was not immedaitely released but detectives clarified that Gianni was a victim of homicide.

Jan. 24, 2014: New Suspect Details Released, Police Determined to Solve Case
At a press conference, SDPD Lt. Mike Hastings released more details of a possible suspect tied to the triple homicide case. He said the suspect – seen at Westfield Mission Valley mall on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24, 2013 – is a man wearing a black hoodie with white bands in the biceps area of the sweatshirt, tan pants and white tennis shoes. He is described as standing 5-foot-10 to 6-feet-tall. It's believed the suspect was at the Mission Valley mall at 11:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2013, and then returned to the mall at 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 24. Lt. Hastings assured the Belvedere family and the public that police were working diligently to find answers and said investigators had spent hundreds of hours on the case. “If this case can be solved, this case will be solved,” Lt. Hastings said.

Feb. 7, 2014: SDPD Confirms Gianni Suffered Shot(s) to Head
In the first bit of new information released in two weeks, the SDPD confirmed Gianni died as a result of gunshot wound(s) to the head, according to preliminary findings from an autopsy. At this point, police said this was the only information on Gianni's manner of death.

March 2014: Family Launches New Website in Search for Leads
After three months with no leads, the Belvedere family set up a new website filled with new information on the case and the victims.

April 2014: Victims' Family Desperate for Answers
Desperate to find answers to the murders, the Belvedere family hosted fundraisers to raise money to add to the reward fund.

June 21, 2014: Police, Family Confirm Arrest in Triple-Homicide Case
Nearly six months to the date of the Mission Valley Christmas Eve murders, the Belvedere family and SDPD confirmed that an arrest has been made in the slayings of Ilona, Sal and Gianni. Carlo Mercado, 29 years old at the time, was booked on three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the killings.  The SDPD scheduled a news briefing for June 23, 2014, to share details.

June 22, 2014: Homicide Suspect's Attorney Denies Accusations
Mercado's attorney, Michael Berg, said his client "adamantly denies any involvement" in the triple homicide case, and assured he would prove Mercado's innocence. Berg told NBC 7 Mercado was hospitalized for unspecified injuries suffered sometime after he was booked into jail on June 21, 2014.

June 23, 2014: SDPD Shares Details of Mercado's Arrest
SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman and homicide Lt. Mike Hastings held a news briefing to share a few details of the case and the arrest of Mercado. The chief said she hoped this arrest would begin to bring some closure to the Flint and Belvedere families.

June 25, 2014: Mercado Arraigned; Pleads Not Guilty
Mercado was arraigned in court and formally charged with three counts of first-degree murder. A deputy district attorney said that because this is considered a capital case, Mercado could face the death penalty or life in prison for the slayings of Flint and the Belvedere brothers. Mercado was scheduled to appear in court again on July 11.

Sept. 2, 2014: Mercado's Preliminary Hearing
Mercado appeared in court for his preliminary hearing, where new details of the triple homicide are released for the first time, including DNA evidence.

Sept. 3, 2014: Mercado is Bound Over for Trial
A judge ruled enough evidence had been presented in the pretrial to send Mercado to trial on all three counts of first-degree murder.

Sept. 4, 2014: Search Warrants Reveal Details
Search warrants obtained by NBC 7 revealed the exhaustive investigation into the triple homicide case, but still, no motive.

Sept. 17, 2014: Mental Competency Exam Ordered
During an arraignment, Mercado's attorney raised questions about his client's mental competency to stand trial. The judge ordered Mercado be held without bail until he could be evaluated on Oct. 10, 2014. Until then, criminal proceedings would be suspended.

Nov. 3, 2014: Mercado Committed to State Hospital
Judge Joseph P. Brannigan found Mercado not competent to stand trial and ordered he be treated at Patton State Hospital for three years or until he is found competent to assist in his own defense.

Sept. 9, 2015: Mercado Returned to Jail, Mental Competency Questioned
The San Diego County District Attorney’s office confirmed Mercado was returned to San Diego Central Jail after evaluators from Patton State Hospital – a psychiatric facility in Southern California where Mercado had been receiving treatment – found him competent to stand trial. The defense requested a competency hearing for Mercado.

Nov. 3, 2015: Judge Sets Date for Mercado's Competency Hearing
A judge decided Mercado will undergo a mental competency trial on Dec. 14, 2015. At the bench trial, the defense would have the burden of proving the suspect was mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Dec. 14, 2015: Judge Finds Mercado Competent to Stand Trial
A judge ruled Mercado was competent to stand trial and face murder charges in the triple homicide case. Meanwhile, Deputy District Attorney Brian Erickson said the killings appeared to be random, perhaps stemming from a "road rage incident." The Deputy DA said Mercado did not know his victims.

Feb. 18, 2016: DA to Seek Death Penalty Against Mercado
Deputy DA Brian Erickson said the DA's office would seek the dealth penalty against Mercado when he stands trial. Mercado pleaded not guilty to the three murders. Erickson said he hopes to send Mercado to trial within a year. Mercado's attorney, Gary Gibson, said prosecutors will have a lot to prove in this complicated case, including the motive, which remained a mystery.

July 19, 2016: Mercado to Stand Trial
A San Diego judge ruled Carlo Mercado would stand trial for the killings of the Belvedere brothers and Flint. At this point, his trial date was set for April 3, 2017. If convicted, Mercado could face the death penalty.

July 26, 2016: Mercado Hospitalized After Drug Overdose in Jail
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) told NBC 7 Investigates that Mercado – along with his cellmate, Abel Martinez, 52, experienced “medical distress” while in their cell at San Diego Central Jail. Both men were transported from jail to UC San Diego for treatment, SDSO’s Jan Caldwell said. As of July 27, no further details on Mercado’s condition were released.

Aug. 29, 2016: Mercado's Health Improves, Returned to Jail
After about a month in the hospital, Mercado's health improved and he was returned to custody at San Diego Central Jail.

Jan. 12, 2017: Mercado Changes Plea to Guilty in Triple Homicide
More than three years after the Christmas Eve killings of the Belvedere brothers and Flint, Mercado appears in court and changes his plea to guilty in the triple homicide case. He is sentenced to life in prison, without the possibilty of parole. Prosecutor Brian Erickson says the slayings were random, likely an act of road rage gone terribly violent.

Hours after announcing his football team would leave the city its called home for decades, Chargers owner Dean Spanos explained his decision in an interview Thursday afternoon with AM 570 Sports Radio in Los Angeles.

On the decision:

“I didn’t have to do anything but I thought it was the right decision for a lot of different reasons. Again, like I said it was an emotional decision, it was difficult but at the end of the day you gotta look forward, we have to have a a place to play. I think this stadium is going to be the premiere stadium in the NFL and it’s a great opportunity for us for the next 25, 30 years.”

On sharing the stadium:

“Nothing’s going to be handed to us. This is an uphill battle. We’re going to have to fight our way into Los Angeles. We’re going to have to earn the respect of the season ticket holders and the fans. We’re going to have to win on the field.’ We’re going to have to ingratiate ourselves into the community, be a part of the community.”

On other NFL owner reaction:

“My closest friends in the league called me and said they would support whatever I decision I made.”

On the LA fan base:

“I’m not expecting anything Day 1. I think this is going to take two or three years to really build up the respect of the fans, the season ticket holders and the people of Los Angeles. It’s a work in progress. Come the opening of the stadium 2019, we’re going to be ready. That’s our goal.”

On the San Diego stadium ballot measures:

“I really felt we had a chance to win that vote. It was an uphill battle. We needed 2/3 of the voters. At one particular time during the initiative process there was a court ruling that made it 50 [percent] plus one. Then there was some subsequent litigation or rulings and stuff and it changed back to two-thirds. You never know what to expect when you go to a public vote. We knew it was going to be difficult but we only received 43 percent of the vote so I think that says a lot in itself right there.”

On meeting three years ago with Stan Kroenke regarding Inglewood:

“That’s a long time ago. I don’t know if I remember [laughter] I don’t remember. I plead the 5th on that one.”

“We’re friends. I have a great relationship with him. I never had a bad relationship that got a little blown out by the press a little bit. We talk all the time. I see him at the NFL meetings. I’ve had lunch and dinner with him in the last three or four months. I have a great relationship with him. He’s an easy fellow to get along with.

On when he decided:

"I didn't just wake up one more and say we're going/we're not going. A lot of work and thought that went into this - 15 years worth, a failed initiative. My sisters, my brother and I are very, very close and my two sons, obviously. We met as a family. We talked about it a lot. Ultimately, it was my decision. They were 100 percent supportive of my decision. It was a collective effort to a certain degree. I don't want to do anything they didn't want to do. So it was maybe within the last couple weeks or so I was leaning toward that."

On the team's new logo and its similarity to the Dodgers logo:

"Yeah, I think I heard something about that. I don't know if this is going to be permanent or if it's going to be the introductory logo into the marketplace. My son is handling all that so I'd have to defer to him on all that."

If San Diego’s not in a state of hysteria right now, this should do the trick: Rock icons Def Leppard bring their 2017 tour through San Diego’s Sleep Train Amphitheatre on June 16 with none other than hair-metal juggernauts Poison and Tesla!

Def Leppard’s upcoming tour kicks off on April 8 in Manchester, New Hampshire and will come on the heels of a new live concert DVD, “And There Will Be a Next Time: Live From Detroit,” to be released Feb. 10 -- the first clip, “Animal,” was released today via Brave Words.

The band’s three-month run takes them across North America after playing 70-plus cities last year -- and frontman Joe Elliott couldn’t be more excited to get back on the road.

“We're thrilled to be able to take this tour to cities we didn't play in 2016. The demand for us to return, or rather extend the tour was phenomenal! There's a great buzz around the band right now and we're loving the fact that we can do this with the latest [2015 self-titled] album being so well received.”

The Live Nation-presented tour also features the return of Poison with all its original members (including Bret Michaels, CC DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett) in five years. In a press release, Michaels explained why the show’s a must-see.

“I could not be more excited," he said. "I know all of us will give 1,000 percent on stage and we are looking forward to performing our hits together. I personally could not be more thankful for the three generations of fans and I love the music of Def Leppard and Tesla. This will be an amazing night of rock and roll. Don’t wait because God only knows.”

Tickets to the June 16 Sleep Train Amphitheatre show, which range between $25-$125 plus fees, go on sale on Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. PST here (link will not be live until 2 p.m. PST, Jan. 12). The Def Leppard Rock Brigade Concert Club presales begin on Jan. 17 at LiveNation.com.

Def Leppard 2017 North American Tour Dates

• April 8: Manchester, NH -- SNHU Arena
• April 10: Montreal, QC -- Bell Centre *
• April 12: Uncasville, CT -- Mohegan Sun Arena
• April 14: Baltimore, MD -- Royal Farms Arena
• April 15: Uniondale, NY -- Nassau Coliseum
• April 17: Grand Rapids, MI -- Van Andel Arena
• April 19: Green Bay, WI -- Resch Center ^
• April 21: St Paul, MN -- Xcel Energy Center
• April 22: Sioux Falls, SD -- Sanford Premier Center
• April 24: Des Moines, IA -- Wells Fargo Arena
• April 26: Louisville, KY -- KFC Yum! Center **
• April 27: Nashville, TN -- Bridgestone Arena
• April 29: Ft Myers, FL -- Fort Rock ***
• April 30: Jacksonville, FL -- Welcome to Rockville ***
• May 2: Tuscaloosa, AL -- Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre
• May 3: Atlanta, GA -- Lakewood Amphitheatre
• May 5: Charlottesville, VA -- John Paul Jones Arena
• May 6: Charlotte, NC -- Carolina Rebellion ***
• May 24: Lincoln, NE -- Pinnacle Bank Arena
• May 26: Pryor, OK -- Rocklahoma ***
• May 27: San Antonio, TX -- River City Rockfest ***
• May 29: Colorado Springs, CO -- Broadmoor World Arena
• May 31: Bozeman, MT -- Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
• June 2: Edmonton, AB -- Rogers Place *
• June 3: Calgary, AB -- Scotiabank Saddledome *
• June 6: Vancouver, BC -- Rogers Arena *
• June 7: Spokane, WA -- Spokane Arena
• June 9: Seattle, WA -- White River Amph
• June 10: Portland, OR -- Moda Center
• June 12: Fresno, CA -- Save Mart Center
• June 14: Ontario, CA -- Citizens Bank Arena
• June 16: San Diego, CA -- Sleep Train Amphitheatre
• June 17: Las Vegas, NV -- MGM Grand Garden Arena
• June 19: Salt Lake City, UT -- USANA Amphitheatre
• June 21: Kansas City, MO -- Sprint Center **
• June 22: St Louis, MO -- Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
• June 24: Chicago, IL -- Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
• June 25: Indianapolis, IN -- Klipsch Music Center

* Def Leppard only

** Def Leppard and Poison only, no Tesla

*** Def Leppard festival dates

Note: Green Bay, WI and Chicago, IL on sale Feb. 10