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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UW student who fell on campus died of natural causes, medical examiner says
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Arts & Life
Ignore the ice and snow: Seattle gardeners are swapping seeds and dreaming of spring
Winter is too cold for anything to grow, but it’s the perfect time to daydream about what to plant in the spring.
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Politics
Coast Guard families rely on food pantry as shutdown stretches on
As the partial government shutdown drags on, community volunteers have started food donations to help thousands of Coast Guard officers and reservists who are working without pay.
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Health
Salad or soda? Where you live shapes how you eat
Your income, education and property value can determine what you eat
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Politics
Federal workers in Washington state struggle to survive without pay during shutdown
It’s almost a month since the partial government shutdown. Many federal workers are struggling without a paycheck.
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Politics
Food assistance will be arriving soon, but it has to last until March
Low income families will have to make their food assistance last through the end of February as the federal government shutdown continues.
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Arts & Life
This is what Seattle chef Eric Tanaka cooks for his five kids, including a picky eater
You enjoy their food, their creativity, their work. But where do chefs they get their inspiration? What do they do when they’re not working? And what do they eat?
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Arts & Life
Viadoom? Downtown Seattle businesses see opportunity for via-deals at longer happy hours
Downtown Seattle businesses are bracing for a decline. But some are trying to turn the major construction headache into an opportunity.
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Arts & Life
Seattle has so many (more) delicious Chinese restaurants
New Chinese restaurants have popped up in Seattle and they're featuring more regional cuisines
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Technology
These UW bees wear tiny backpacks to help local farmers
UW researchers have developed a backpack sensor that’s mounted on bumblebees to collect data on their environment.