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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Arts & Life
This Seattle b-boy helped select Team USA's first Olympic breakdancers
Thirty-two b-boys and b-girls will vie for Gold in Paris as break dancing makes its debut as a sport in the Summer Olympics. Meet a Seattle break dancing judge who helped select Team USA’s top breakers.
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Monday Evening Headlines
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Arts & Life
A downtown institution returns to Seattle's dining scene this summer
Nonprofit restaurant and training center FareStart once again will welcome guests to its South Lake Union location on 7th and Virginia.
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Health
Seattle's once controversial soda tax may be paying off via children's health
A new University of Washington study concludes Seattle's soda tax is helping lower children’s body fat.
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Environment
Skip the clam digging. Washington coastline off limits to shellfish harvest, for now
If you’re planning to head out to the beach this weekend for some clam digging, you’ll need to ditch the harvesting part. That’s because shellfish harvesting is off limits for now, as health officials have closed Washington coasts and bays due to high levels of biotoxins.
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Business
Seattle City Council delays decision to roll back gig worker minimum wage
The Seattle City Council postponed a planned vote Tuesday over a controversial proposal to roll back a gig worker minimum wage that was put in place earlier this year.
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Education
UW student protesters vow to keep speaking out for Palestinians
The pro-Palestinian encampment first appeared April 29 and started ending quietly last week after the university administration and protesters reached an agreement.
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Arts & Life
Seattle's karaoke hotspot Bush Garden looks to late 2024 reopening, new future
Before it closed, Bush Garden was the hangout of choice in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District — not just for drinks but also for some serious karaoke. Later this year the karaoke hotspot will reopen, entering a new chapter in a new home.
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Arts & Life
Cue the velvet ropes, movie passes, and popcorn: Seattle International Film Festival is back
Cue the velvet ropes, movie passes, and popcorn: Seattle International Film Festival is back
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University of Washington students join pro-Palestinian campus protest movement
The camp, which appeared to consist of a couple dozen people at its onset Monday morning, is part of a growing movement on university of campuses across the country. Protestors are speaking out against Israel's war in Gaza.