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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Why Does Seattle Have Such A Large Local Chocolate Industry?
Listener Beth Ann Johnson asked Local Wonder about Seattle's chocolate industry, and reporter Ruby de Luna agreed to report. (We know. Tough assignment.)
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Council Approves Mayor's Emergency Safe Lots
The Seattle City Council has approved the mayor’s emergency plan to set up two so-called “safe lots” for homeless people with cars and RV’s to stay.
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Company Recalls Medical Scopes Linked To Seattle Deaths
The company behind a medical device that has caused deadly bacterial infections in Seattle will voluntarily recall its scopes. A global outbreak of infe...
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Let’s Cut Gun Deaths Like We Did Road Deaths, Inslee Says
Washington is going to take a different tack on reducing gun violence, Gov. Jay Inslee says: Treat it as a public health problem.
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Time Is Running Out To Get A Health Insurance Plan
The clock is ticking for you to get health insurance coverage for 2016: You've got until the end of January, state officials say. And remember: Not...
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Epic Snowfall Closes I-90, Seattle's Link To Outside World
Update, 10 a.m., Dec. 26, 2015: The Washington state Department of Transportation tweeted early Christmas Day that Interstate 90 westbound had reopened....
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Snoqualmie Lifts Still Running Despite Cascade Power Outage
The Cascades saw heavy snowfall Tuesday night, and more of it is in the forecast. It’s a bonanza for skiers. But a power outage has affected some ski...
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Yakima Hospital Slammed For Demanding Payments From Poor
Washington state law requires hospitals to screen patients for financial need before demanding payment. But that doesn’t always happen. Now courts are...
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Seattle Baby Boomers: You're At Risk For Hepatitis C
Ask Alfonso Adinolfi how he got hepatitis C and he’ll point to his upper right arm. “Right there,” he says, “that tattoo.” He’s lived with the blood...
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Low Vaccination Rate Puts Washington At Risk For Outbreak
Washington is prepared for infectious outbreaks — or so it seems. But a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health...