By Matt O'Brien HAYWARD -- The manager of the Hayward Executive Airport will step down at the end of this week and assume an airport job in New Mexico next month. Brent Shiner, director of Hayward's municipal airport since 1996, said family reasons are behind his move to the Southwest.

By Matt O'Brien, STAFF WRITER HAYWARD -- Venture capitalist Reid Dennis keeps a fleet of seven aircraft at Park Avion, the growing complex of luxury private hangars at Hayward Executive Airport. His favorite is a sleek, 1946-built Grumman Mallard seaplane he bought 31 years ago.