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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Seattle judge hands surprise ‘reprieve’ to activist facing deportation
A Seattle immigration judge has granted a continuance in the deportation case of immigration rights activist Maru Mora-Villalpando. A large crowd...
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More than 100 homeless Seattleites died last year. These bronze leaves remember them
The next time you walk by Third Avenue and James Street in downtown Seattle, you might notice a cluster of bronze leaves on the street. They bear the...
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Bellevue school donates leftovers; now a food bank doesn't have to ration milk
A Bellevue school has saved 4,000 pounds of food – enough that a nearby food bank no longer has to ration milk for its families.
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‘I didn’t want to put fried chicken on the menu.’ Seattle’s Edouardo Jordan wins top prize
Seattle Chef Edouardo Jordan kept one item off his menu when he opened Salare in 2015. “I didn’t want to put fried chicken on the menu,” Jordan said in...
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Here's one Obamacare rule that's still intact: Calorie counts
A national law requiring calorie information on menus takes effect this week. Restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores with 20 locations are now...
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5 confirmed cases of E. coli in WA linked to tainted romaine lettuce
Before you buy that head of lettuce, you might want to first check where it’s grown. “Be certain that what they’re buying is from California and not...
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This iconic south Seattle pastry school may be shuttered
Most Seattle bakeries have employed graduates from South Seattle College’s Pastry and Baking Arts program. The school is a pipeline for notable...
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Cities ban sidewalk sitting, but does it help or hurt?
The city of Monroe is enforcing a new ordinance that prohibits people from sitting or lying on sidewalks, joining a growing number of cities in...
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I’m a survivor of genocide. Here’s what I found when I went back to Cambodia
For Cambodian Americans, April marks the Khmer new year. It's also when survivors of the Cambodian genocide remember the fall of Phnom Penh. Sameth Mell...
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In hula, the clothes tell a story
There’s a rule to watching hula: Pay attention to the dancer’s hands to understand the story. But Kumu Hula `Iwalani Christian said the hands alone won...