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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Grocery workers push for safety protections
As Washington’s Covid cases continue to grow, grocery workers are calling for stronger work protections. A recent death and an outbreak at a Fred Meyer store in Burien has workers worried and frustrated.
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Giving thanks, the Duwamish way
Turkey, stuffing and sides are the main attractions in most Thanksgiving meals. But one Seattle man has developed a meal that incorporates Pacific Northwest Indigenous foods to tell the story of the Duwamish people.
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Thanksgiving plans squashed. Don't be a turkey, health experts say
The holidays are going to look different this year with all the Covid restrictions. We asked what people are planning, and what safe holidays could look like.
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Washington's uninsured population spikes
The number of people without insurance jumped statewide during the pandemic. Washington’s uninsured rate went from just over 6 percent pre-Covid, to 13 percent.
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FareStart helps students find jobs beyond the food industry
At the start of the pandemic many classes and training programs were put on hold. Among them was FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that helps people transition from homelessness and addiction though its adult culinary program. This fall, teaching resumed. And like many schools around the country, classes are online.
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Seattle restaurants' creative strategies to weather the cold months of the pandemic
Meal and cocktail kits. Deliveries and takeouts. Temporary closures. There's no one approach that helps keep businesses stay afloat. Restaurants are using strategies that best suit them.
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Another covid concern: getting infected a second time
About 100 people in Washington State who got infected with coronavirus once and recovered, could be infected a second time. Here’s what we know and don’t know about Covid reinfections.
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Is the pandemic causing us to backslide on our recycling habits?
During lockdown, all the online shopping and restaurant takeouts led to a lot more trash.
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This South King County church created a drive-thru food bank in response to the pandemic
The Tukwila Food Pantry has been a lifeline for many South King County residents who have lost their jobs during the pandemic. Like many local food banks, it saw a surge in demand.
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Curbside grocery store service comes to SNAP customers
During the pandemic, Safeway shoppers have had the option to order groceries online and pick up them up curbside. But the same hasn't been true for people using SNAP benefits, the federal food assistance program — until now.