In what may be a recent record, the San Francisco Chronicle has published two Hayward-centric stories within a matter of weeks that are not about crime or carnivores.

The first was by architecture critic John King, who had one take on downtown ("half-inch-thin brick is pasted ... alongside brick-red stucco") last year and a bit of a new take ("fragrant wisteria bloom(s)") this year.

The other was by golf writer Roy Kroichick, who revealed today that the Stonebrae Country Club golf course has a new name and new affiliation with the PGA Tour. Jane Sacco, vice president of Vox Populi, Stonebrae's PR consultant, said this insider golfball scoop was the result of her firm being "under non-disclosure" with the bigger paper.

And in what other others are saying about others, our cutthroat rivals at the Fremont Argus point out that the Chronicle also made a springtime visit to Lake Elizabeth.