California's rising COVID-19 rate sparks pleas to vaccinate STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press July 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 15 1of15A private security guard gives directions to people looking to get vaccinated, as banners advertise the availability of the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at a county-run vaccination site offering free walk-in with no appointment needed at the Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles Thursday, July 22, 2021. The top health official in Los Angeles County on Thursday implored residents to get vaccinated as the region experiences a coronavirus surge similar to last summer's.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less 2of15Gloria Arrellano, 68, and her son Gustavo, Arrellano, 36, sit to eat at the Taqueria El Sol buffet in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 22, 2021. The restaurant requires all customers to wear face masks while standing in the buffet area of the Mexican restaurant. Gloria Arellano would not let her three sons, or their families visit her in Bakersfield, Calif., until they had been vaccinated. She has personally driven about 10 people to get their vaccine shots. As a cancer survivor and someone who has diabetes, she is not taking any chances that would compromise her health.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less