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
From serendipitous support to bitter backlash. FOB Sushi controversy highlights social media risks, rewards
Seattle’s FOB Sushi Bar learned the hard way how social media can make or break a business overnight.
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Arts & Life
FOB Sushi Bar reopens after TikTok dustup, maintains 'excellent' rating
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Food
How to cut food waste during the holidays
The average American family wastes an estimated $3,000 worth of food each year. As we head into Thanksgiving, it’s an opportunity to reduce food waste and save money.
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Arts & Life
Moratorium remains for wine-tasting rooms in rural King County. Could it be the final pour?
The King County Council is considering changes to its Adult Beverage Ordinance. The proposal comes after the state Supreme Court found the 2019 ordinance, which allows wine tasting rooms on farmlands, violates state law.
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Food
Is that piece of salmon on your plate actually wild or is it farmed?
Salmon is part of the Pacific Northwest’s culture and diet. Wild-caught salmon are prized, and they cost more. It’s one reason Washington lawmakers passed legislation in 2013 making it unlawful to knowingly mislabel seafood. The law also requires sellers to provide information whether salmon being sold is wild-caught or farm-raised.
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Food
Questions of competition highlight legal battle over proposed Kroger Albertsons merger
The trial in the merger of Kroger and Albertsons has wrapped up after three weeks of hearings in King County Superior Court.
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
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Food
When Seattle’s tip credit expires in 2025, will tips end as well?
Seattle restaurants are sounding the alarm about the economic cliff they’re facing. For years, businesses have been able to apply customer tips toward worker pay. But the tip credit will expire at the end of the year, just as Seattle’s hourly minimum wage for all businesses increases to more than $20 in January. Businesses expect big changes ahead that they say will affect customer experience. Could it be the end of tipping?
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Environment
Seattle nonprofit says effort to repeal Climate Commitment Act would eliminate new food donation sources
A hunger relief organization in Seattle has joined environmental interests in opposing Initiative 2117, a fall ballot measure to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act.
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Business
Here's what to expect from the Kroger-Albertsons trial in Oregon