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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Government
King County takes steps to prepare for anticipated spike in abortion services
In the wake of the US Supreme Court striking down abortion protections, King County is anticipating an influx of patients from out of state. Here’s how officials are preparing for the surge.
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King County prepares for fallout from overturning Roe v Wade
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King County council members want to change when you vote
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Washington abortion services bracing for surge in patients
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Arts & Life
The number of Washington residents going hungry has nearly tripled. Some clinics are stepping in
You go to the doctor for health checkups and you’re likely to get screened for high blood pressure or disease. But lately, some clinics are screening for something else: food insecurity. A new program aims to address a problem that’s worsened since the pandemic.
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Two years after the pandemic's start, Washington's food banks still strained
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Covid hospitalizations are still going up in Washington state
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Business
Seattle gig workers get a raise courtesy of the city council
Some Seattle gig workers could soon get a pay raise. By a unanimous vote, the city council passed the first of a series of so-called “Pay Up” policies regulating app-based companies.
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Education
Seattle College trade programs still seek long-term funding
For decades businesses have relied on community colleges to help train the workforce. But now the community college system is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit and an uncertain future at a time when companies are struggling with labor shortages. Earlier this month, the culinary school and other trade programs were slated for closure. They got a reprieve, for now. But the financial woes, years in the making, haven’t gone away.
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Business
Seattle takes first step toward regulating the gig economy, but some companies could be exempt
Seattle is one step closer to establishing minimum pay standards for app-based workers.