We Are California

We Are California is an American teen sitcom/comedy-drama. It aired on Amazon Prime Video from July 6, 2015 to April 22, 2019.

Plot
Taking place over the years 1999-2002, the series documents the lives of different generations of teenagers living in San Diego, California. The series is light-hearted, but a number of episodes also deal with heavy subject matter such as racism, domestic violence and drug addiction.

Characters
First generation (1999-2000)

Teenagers Family members, friends and teachers
 * Sky Foster (China Anne McClain)-A fun loving, African-American girl who loves sports, particularly soccer and basketball, and is a supporter of British soccer team Manchester United. She lives with her mother, father and younger brother.
 * Ahmad Khan (Karan Brar)-An energetic boy with a penchant for rapping. He is of Pakistani-American descent and lives with his strict family.
 * Tom Sanchez (Raymond Ochoa)-Ahmad's best friend since kindergarten. He is of Mexican-American descent nad loves basketball. He lives with his divorced mother and younger sister.
 * Lucas Wilson (Sean Giambrone)-Tom's other best friend. He is somewhat dimwitted but overall a good friend, and is obsessed with comic books.
 * Emily Brown (Joey King)-The adopted daughter of a lesbian couple, she has a love of animals, and wants to be a zoologist when she leaves school.
 * Jamie "JK" Kelly (Sophie Nélisse)-A feisty, strong willed girl, she loves adventure travel and extreme sports.
 * Darrell Foster (Keegan-Michael Key)-Sky's father. He works as a police officer and enjoys country music.
 * Susan Foster (Gabrielle Union)-Sky's mother. She is a strong willed, driven woman and a loving mother. She enjoys dancing.
 * Leo Foster (Wilson Radjou-Pujalte)-Sky's younger brother. He enjoys video games and shares a room with her.
 * Hassan Khan (Naveen Andrews)-Ahmad's father. He is a devout Muslim and was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He works as the chef for a local mosque and is a fan of Queen.
 * Mira Khan (Parminder Nagra)-Ahmad's mother. She works as a babysitter, and is a somewhat sassy individual, with a strong work ethic.
 * Iqra Kharral (Deepti Naval)-Hassan's grandmother and Mira's mother, who Hassan nicknames "amma". She is a strong-willed, sassy woman who enjoys rapping.
 * Elisa Sanchez (Tia Carrere)-Tom's mother. She was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and works as a Spanish teacher at a local college. She is a fan of Latin dance.
 * Esme Sanchez (Dalila Bela)-Tom's younger sister. She is an annoying, spoilt girl, who enjoys getting her way, but overall, Tom loves and cares about her.
 * Mario Sanchez (Mark Consuelos)-Tom and Esme's father. He is from Oaxaca, Mexico and walked out when Tom was one and Elisa was pregnant with Esme. Tom initially feels angry towards his father, especially after he met a younger woman called Sarah, but later warmed to him after Sarah gives birth to his half-brother Joaquin (who Tom calls Jack). Mario later dies in a car accident.
 * Sarah Sanchez (nee Collins) (Isabel Lucas)-Mario's girlfriend-ater wife-and Tom's stepmother. She was born in Ottawa, Canada. She later gives birth to Jack and marries Mario.
 * Joaquin "Jack" Sanchez-Tom's younger half-brother.
 * Susan Kelly (Amanda Tapping)-Emily's adopted mother.