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-area hospitals under fire
It’s been a rough week for Seattle-area hospitals. First, Virginia Mason’s accreditation is on the line. Meanwhile, a Skagit hospital lost a court fight...
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Seattle officials to vote on renaming park after slain activist
The Seattle City Council is expected to vote Monday to rename a park in honor of the late Donnie Chin, Chinatown-International District’s beloved...
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Teaching assistant jobs cut at UW; faculty and students protest
University of Washington faculty and students are protesting administrators' decision to cut 25 teaching assistant positions in the College of Arts and...
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Layers of paperwork for financial aid is even worse for homeless students
June is the month for college graduation, but for many homeless youth, college is beyond their grasp. The paperwork for college applications can be...
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Johnson & Johnson misrepresented vaginal mesh with brutal side effects, WA says
Dawna Hankins had a partial hysterectomy in 2008. Before surgery her doctor offered to put in a surgical mesh to help with minor incontinence. She agreed.
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Greenwood businesses recovering after March blast
It’s been two months since a gas explosion shook up Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. Most businesses have reopened. At Rosewood Guitar on 85th, owner...
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Homeless youth with addiction problems now can find shelter in Auburn
Homeless youth with substance abuse problems will have a place in King County to get help beginning this month.
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Can King County buses go carbon neutral?
King County Metro plans to increase transit service in the next five years, and it plans to do so without adding more greenhouse gas emissions.
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A slow goodbye at Seattle's elegant Exeter House
Exeter House in downtown Seattle was built as an apartment hotel for elegant living in the 1920s. It was part of a construction boom downtown at the time.
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Seattle considers creating a safe place to use drugs
It’s been more than a month since a task force was formed to address King County’s heroin epidemic. One solution that’s under discussion is creating a...