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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Food
The little Kitsap co-op that could
Only a handful of companies dominate today’s grocery landscape. And that could shrink even more if regulators approve the Albertsons-Kroger merger. Increasingly communities like Bremerton, where stores are already scarce, are looking to food co-ops as an alternative model.
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Arts & Life
Make that TWO orca calves spotted in Salish Sea
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Arts & Life
Tukwila workers will see a big bump on their next paychecks
Tukwila will soon join Seattle and SeaTac in raising the minimum wage. Beginning Saturday, July 1, thousands of workers will earn just under $19 dollars an hour.
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Food
Kids in this small Washington town worry about food when school is out for summer
Summer can be tough for low-income students who depend on school for most of their meals. But it’s especially tougher for kids living in rural Washington. That’s because the hurdles to addressing food insecurity here are often more complicated compared to urban areas.
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Business
King County Council to vote on bill requiring businesses to accept cash
Many businesses have gone cashless, especially during the pandemic. But that may not be an option in unincorporated King County. Members of the King County Council are slated to vote Tuesday afternoon on a bill that requires retailers to accept cash
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Government
Federal debt ceiling deal shrinks spending, but critics warn food bank lines will grow
Both the U.S. House and now the Senate have approved the debt ceiling agreement. But not everyone’s happy about the deal.
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Business
Seattle introduces legislation to protect gig workers from abrupt termination
Network companies such as Uber and GrubHub use the term “deactivation” to describe workers being effectively fired and no longer able to accept new work orders. This week the Seattle City Council will introduce a bill aimed at protecting gig workers from sudden deactivation, which will provide transparency guidelines for companies that engage in the practice.
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Business
What to expect when you're expecting a grocery merger
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with KUOW reporter Ruby De Luna to talk about what to expect with the potential merger of two national grocery chains — Albertsons and Kroger.
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Business
Creepy or convenient? Grocery store merger aims to improve 'personalized' shopping
Grocery shopping is something we all do, and it's highly personal. People have strong feelings about where and how they get their food. The proposed $25 billion merger of two of the nation's largest supermarket chains has the potential to affect how millions of customers buy their groceries. "State of the Cart" is a four-part series that examines different aspects of the proposed merger — its impact on consumers, on workers, on the communities themselves, and on our shopping habits.
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Business
Grocery workers facing 'so much uncertainty' protest proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger
"State of the Cart" is a four-part series looking at the proposed $25 billion merger of two of the nation's biggest grocery chains — Albertsons and Kroger — with each story focusing on a different group — the merger's potential impact on consumers, on workers, on the communities themselves, and on our shopping habits.