Aurora del Valle, raised in the privileged class of Chile by her grandmother, is tormented by nightmares and half-memories of events set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Disillusioned in her marriage, Aurora sets out to rediscover the missing years of her early childhood.
A successful Los Angeles-based writer, having been dumped by Nicole, his lover of seven years, is drawn into an unusual love triangle when Nicole decides she wants to date him again, but she is not willing to give up her lesbian lover Ayanna.
Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz.
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
After settling in San Francisco, Xochitl feels homesick for El Salvador, but selling flowers eventually helps her to adjust to her adopted country. Presented in English and Spanish.