Ruby Luna

Apr 1, 2024 | kuow.org | Ruby Luna

Seattle chef Joel Gamoran demonstrates how to turn a banana peel into bacon. KUOW Photo/Ruby de Luna Washington's Department of Ecology wants you to think twice before throwing out those kitchen scraps — they could be something delicious. With a little help from local chef Joel Gamoran, you can up your kitchen game, so less food waste goes into the trash. When KUOW visited Gamoran’s Seattle kitchen, he was cooking what seemed like bacon.

Mar 29, 2024 | kuow.org | Ruby Luna

Within weeks of Seattle's new minimum wage for gig workers, often drivers for delivery apps, another debate has emerged over its effects. Some businesses and drivers argue that they're losing money. Other drivers say the new law is working. Seattle's City Council is now considering what to do next. Just three months into Seattle’s new gig worker minimum wage law, a Seattle City Council committee is considering changing it, prompting another debate over gig worker pay in the city.

Mar 28, 2024 | kuow.org | Ruby Luna

Beer brewing has a reputation of being for bros with beards. But long ago, beer making was women’s work. Now, a growing number of Seattle area women are reclaiming that heritage. In a male-dominated industry, there are a lot of assumptions about women and their brewing abilities. Leslie Shore experienced this when she began brewing professionally 15 years ago. “You had to be very on the ball with your knowledge, and you had to be firm about it, and you couldn’t back down,” Shore said.

Feb 27, 2024 | kuow.org | Ruby Luna

In this March 1, 2011, file photo, a worker stocks the fresh meat shelves at a Kroger Co. supermarket, in Cincinnati. The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general for eight states and the District of Columbia are suing in an attempt to stop the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, the country's two largest grocery store companies. Federal and state officials argue the merger would "eliminate fierce competition" for both shoppers and workers, and lead to higher grocery prices.

Feb 23, 2024 | kuow.org | Ruby Luna

Diane Martin Rudnick is portrayed while grocery shopping on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at Fred Meyer along Aurora Avenue North in Shoreline. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer A bill protecting Washington state grocery workers is heading to Gov. Inslee's desk amid the Kroger-Albertsons merger. By a vote of 60-33 on Thursday, House lawmakers approved legislation requiring most grocery workers in the state to be retained for at least six months after stores begin operating under the merger.