LOS ANGELES — When Jose Estrada and his family pulled up to the Crenshaw Christian Center on Friday morning, they did so eagerly because they were excited to receive their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Instead, what the family found was a line of cars around the block driving in through the gates with passengers wearing the same look of confusion.

“What’s going on? Where are the people at?" Estrada said of his first reaction. "I’m trying to get my second vaccination.”

Both he and his wife had appointments for Friday at 9 a.m. Jose received a text message the night before canceling his appointment — with the intent to reschedule — but his wife did not receive a cancellation or postponement notification. The couple decided to show up anyway and were very disappointed to find no one on site.

“At least we both should’ve gotten an email or something," he said. "We drove all the way from Whittier with our kids to get this done and there was just no communication at all.”

While City of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti did announce that all city-run vaccination sites would be closed Friday due to shipping delays, the closures have now been extended through Saturday.

During a press conference, Mayor Garcetii said the city is working diligently to bring vaccines in.

“I feel like vaccine hunter should be a new reality show," Garcetti said Thursday. "But all day long, we're calling the suppliers, we're calling the feds, we're calling the information services that we get from the state, and I know the state's doing the same.” 

The announcement, however, did not stop dozens of cars from showing up to the Christian Center and across town at Dodger Stadium — their frustration both visible and audible.

Residents like Kelly Chernega got out of their cars to double check and were disappointed to see all of the gates closed and no personnel inside.

"I’m finding that it’s closed and that none of us can get our second vaccination," she said. "It seemed a lot of us didn’t get notified."

Chernega said she understands the reasons for the closures and the postponements, but hopes the city will work on communicating these factors more clearly in the future.

“There’s fewer cars so they probably were able to notify some of us, but not everybody," Chernega said. "It's frustrating."

She and many others drove into Friday on an excited note only to drive out feeling quite the opposite.