Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care, and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Will those 413 Kroger and Albertsons store stay open--or be sold for their land value?
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Kroger and Albertsons are selling hundreds of stores. What we know, and don't
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Mutual Fish, Seattle's go-to seafood market, to close after 77 years
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How this Black-owned business baked its way into a high-end Seattle grocery store
Half of small businesses fail in their first year. For Black entrepreneurs, the obstacles are even more daunting. Many don’t have the kind of support that white business owners have when launching a new venture. But there are local efforts trying to change that.
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Heading out to Bumbershoot this weekend? Check out the food lineup, too
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Following Tokitae's sudden death, Northwest tribes call for repatriation of orca's remains
Tokitae, the orca who died suddenly last week before her scheduled return to the Pacific Northwest, has been sent to the University of Georgia for an autopsy. It was a move that the Lummi Nation, one of the groups working to bring Tokitae home to the Salish Sea, said blindsided them. The tribe is now calling for the orca's remains to be returned to the region.
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Need to cool off? Here are some heat wave-friendly snacks
Staying cool is more than turning on the AC and drinking lots of water. What you eat can also make a difference.
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Friday Headlines
Fauci successor has UW ties, Huskies jilt Pac-12 for Big Ten, and Seattle's Museum of Museums says goodbye
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These food entrepreneurs want your vote for Seattle City Council
Public safety is one of the top issues in this year’s primary election. It’s one of the issues that prompted several candidates who built their careers in the food business to enter the city council race.
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Seattle moves one step closer to protecting gig workers from abrupt termination
Seattle is one step closer to passing another set of laws protecting gig workers. A Seattle city council committee has approved an ordinance that sets guidelines for app-based companies to provide notice and an appeals process before terminating workers.