Urban underground

Naomi is thrilled with her new job and immediate raise at the local frozen yogurt store but she begins to be suspicious as she notices her boss's intense interest in her.

As junior year draws to an end, Ernesto and his classmates at Chavez High look forward to the future with hope, and uncertainty.

Naomi Martinez is determined to heal her family, despite difficult personalities and a painful rift.

When Marko is attacked during early morning track training, the accusations fly about who is responsible for beating him with a baseball bat and leaving him for dead.

Lydell Nelson keeps to himself and spends time journaling at Tubman High.

Sixteen-year-old Ernesto feels conflicted when his friend Carmen announces that her father is going to run for city council against incumbent Monte Esposito, a relative of the girl who Ernesto is in love with, and decides to keep quiet about the election, even though he feels that Esposito is not serving the community as well as Carmen's father would.

Ernesto does not understand why Naomi, the girl who he cares for, puts up with her abusive boyfriend, Clay, but the dark secrets surrounding their relationship are brought to light after Clay hits Naomi in the face during one of their arguments.

Abel, a sixteen-year-old junior at Cesar Chavez High School, happily accepts a job at a local donut shop to make some money and distance himself from his parents, who continuously put him down, but when money goes missing from the register, Abel hopes that Claudia, the cute girl who works at the shop with him, is not responsible.

Ernesto Sandoval is not happy to move back to his old neighborhood after a decade of living in Los Angeles, but his outlook about his junior year at Cesar Chavez High School quickly changes when he sees Naomi Martinez.

Oliver and Alonee investigate when science teacher Mr. Buckingham becomes the target of vandalism, but Alonee is not sure if she should trust Oliver's instincts about the crimes.