Director of Features and Daily Enterprise

Michael Gray

Michael Gray is the Director of Features and Daily Enterprise at The Chronicle, overseeing its coverage of the arts, food and wine, lifestyle and culture. He rejoined The Chronicle in 2015; he previously worked as the paper’s deputy business and enterprise editor from 2011-2013. He has been an editor at several publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baltimore Sun and the Hartford Courant, and is a proud alumnus of the one-time Hearst flagship, the San Francisco Examiner. A Berkeley, Calif., native and graduate of UC Berkeley, he lives in Berkeley with his wife.

Stories By Michael Gray

After decades of shining above our family home each Christmas season, the illuminated star my father created found a new home this year. And my family found out just how many followers it had. By Michael Gray

Pigeon on BART restores faith in humanity — for at least 1 rider

A feathered fare beater boarded a BART train in the East Bay Monday morning, causing a ruckus among passengers who rallied together to get the freeloader off the car. Sarah Mason, a daily commuter to the Civic Center in San Francisco, boarded... By Michael Gray and Sarah Ravani

Greet spring with friends and neighbors at Hayes Valley Farm's weekly volunteer days. Learn how to take your garden from functional to dynamic in a "Practical Biodynamics" workshop with David Perkins. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 9. Join authors,... Kimberly Gomes and Michael Gray

Marriages to sports teams not always made in heaven

One moment you are on the fringe of the Super Bowl party, quietly stuffing your face with Cool Ranch Doritos; the next you are Kaepernicking and shouting "In your face!" at fellow guests after your team scores. Or, as I witnessed a pair of Red... Michael Gray

Back home, surrounded by ghosts of Christmas past At the store, at the gym, on my morning commute, around the desk where I am typing these words. After being away most of my adult life, I am back in the Bay Area, living a little more than a mile... Michael Gray

Which brings us to Big Game week, and the annual clash between the forces of good - Cal, in my case - and the fancy private school on the Peninsula. In the game that embodies this rivalry, there has been regular heartbreak, an occasional... Michael Gray

Baltimore PARSE. Proffer. Presidential knee pads. Boy, keeping up with all the odd terminology in this Clinterngate thing has been tough - and those are just the P-words. Thanks to the saturation coverage of all things Zippergate, though, I... MICHAEL GRAY

Borrowing costs for millions of Americans who have racked up credit-card charges or borrowed money for cars and home repairs should be modestly eased after the Federal Reserve said it would cut interest rates. The reduction, announced... Tom Abate and Michael Gray