Recently, I was walking my small dog in my neighborhood park at Rumble and Sherwood. Out of nowhere came running and charging a loose pit bull. Then the horrific attack happened.

This past Sunday I chased signs to four yard sales only to find there were none. Please, people, if you can put a sign up, you can take it down.

What purpose did the article serve in detailing the personal marital, financial and legal struggles of the Fowler family, especially since there is no apparent connection to the tragic death of Leila Fowler?

The mayor of Stockton has an idea to pass a ½-cent tax to increase the police presence in their city. I welcome this idea here in Modesto so we are not only able to continually better equip our police force and expand the force.

A May 14 Manteca Bulletin article described $3.7 million of our money being wasted on lousy, expensive and unkempt Caltrans landscape projects.

Thank you to the reader (Letters, May 15) who again reminded us all of the information on health care costs found in the article by Steven Brill, Time magazine, March 4, 2013.

Well, the excitement has worn down from California's first entry into the national Powerball craze, a Florida bettor has suddenly found out he has more relatives then he thought he had.

It's going to be a nice payday for the vendors, lawyers, consultants and public relations advisers.

I am saddened by the reactions to the unfolding political scandals by both sides of the political spectrum. Anyone who has taken a seventh-grade civics class would be unhappy by events unfolding in D.C.

It's too bad the current administration scandals did not happen during the past Bush administration.

For once, I agree with the tea party. It is time to consider impeachment.

A Valley Springs family faces the brutal loss of a child, purportedly at the hands of an intruder. Area residents rally to help. Then the family learns of a further possible tragedy, that a sibling may have committed the crime.

Really, should a law be passed to allow a young male or female to shower or use the same restroom as those of a different visible sex? I was never confused about my gender.

I am glad to hear that Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell did not receive the death penalty.

The cost of a flag? Well you see this flag has been paid for already.

My friends, we have a social problem here in Modesto — a lack of pride and respect. We hear on an ongoing basis from our politicians and city promoters about the need for jobs and attracting business, and these are true and genuine concerns, but first we need to clean up.

Enjoyed your article concerning shopping carts. A small town in Peru, Ind., has a grocery store that has a device on the shopping cart that requires you to insert a quarter before it releases the cart for your use.

The wheels are coming off the Obama train. In his campaign, the president claimed al-Qaida was defeated. Then his administration botched the response to the al-Qaida Benghazi terrorist attack.

If you've ever doubted the hypocrisy of the political left, look no further than the actions of the current administration in Washington.

Hillary Clinton said, "What difference does it make?" It makes a big difference, to the American people.

The NRA and others have made suggestions for protecting schools. All start with the word "if." If schools hired armed personnel, they could shoot the bad guys. If schools hired guards, they could kill the perps. If parents kept guns locked away in gun safes, shooters wouldn't have access to weapons.

It's time for vacations, so you have to get prepared, check coverage of insurance on your vehicle, new tires, maintenance, etc.

Foster Farms, J.S. West and all you other farmers and ranchers had better wake up and smell the brimstone.

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The economy is still miserable. Here in the Central Valley, where the recession hit hardest, we are still deeper than the rest. While the region may be breathing a sigh of relief as seasonal employment kicks in, that isn't enough. The valley economy, particularly Modesto's, is structurally unsound.