From the right turn stoplight at Contra Costa Avenue onto Buskirk Avenue (the former Montgomery Wards shopping center), there is a NO TURN ON RED LIGHT sign. Also, once you’ve made that right turn onto Buskirk heading towards the back end of the old Montgomery Wards beware of Pleasant Hill officers hiding in the old tire shop parking lot next to the China King restaurant because the lot is so dimly lit. Be careful about driving too fast down that stretch late at night especially!

Once you’ve made it this far, at the Fair Oaks Market, when you have made a left at the stop sign onto the short stretch street of Elmira, when you get to the four way stop to turn either right, left, or straight onto Hookston Road BEWARE of (usually in the afternoons/evenings) Contra Costa Sheriff’s patrol vehicles that are parked in the dirt area towards the far end of Hookston/Buskirk. They are watching for cars that do "California Rolls" through the stop sign. The left onto Hookston will take you into the border area of Pleasant Hill, Concord, and into Walnut Creek. Watch out for Contra Costa Sheriff’s Deputies who park in the lot across from the Ashby Lumberyard late at night/afternoons or along stretches of Bancroft Road. I’ve seen them stopping drivers and actually cite drivers – my mother being a victim.