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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Government
Full disclosure: Those political mailers are funded by corporations
Your mailbox is likely stuffed with political mailers. But do you always know who’s funding those campaigns? One state senator wants to require big donors’ names and corporate logos on those ads.
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Government
Seattle City Council, mayor at odds over soda tax money
Revenue from Seattle’s soda tax is higher than anticipated. Now the mayor and the City Council have slightly different ideas on what to do with the extra money.
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Debate: Should local governments be able to tax food and drink?
Should local governments be prohibited from taxing retail food and drink?
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Arts & Life
Now legal, pot’s getting fancy in Washington state
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Health
More King County youth say they are depressed
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Arts & Life
Seattle restaurateur Angela Stowell starts a new career path
You may have heard of Ethan Stowell, the award-winning chef behind more than a dozen Seattle restaurants. But Angela Stowell, his business partner and wife, is the operational brains and often works behind the scenes.
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Arts & Life
It's fall in Seattle. Time to make hot toddies — with apple peels!
You may have heard of "nose to tail" eating, a movement focused on consuming a whole animal to avoid waste. But if you're vegetarian, not to worry. There’s a similar effort using all parts of a vegetable or fruit.
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Arts & Life
Kids can learn through food, publisher says
When Philip Lee talked to educators about what they needed to close that achievement gap, their answer surprised him.
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Arts & Life
Next time you shuck, try adding granita to your oysters
This week, Chef Jay Guerrero met me at the Denny Regrade market to talk granitas.
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Health
Seattle's soda tax revenue may pay for fresh veggies