Frank Ruta has kept the same sourdough starter alive since he was a chef in Ronald Reagan’s White House in 1988. He used it to bake loaves at his long-gone yet beloved Cleveland Park restaurant Palena ...

Ruta Ulcinaite joined the Channel 7 Action News team in September of 2023. Ruta was born in Lithuania, a small Eastern European country with a population of less than 3 million. She immigrated to ...