Nonprofit Ada's Café in Palo Alto which hires people with disabilities, holds auction to stay in business amid COVID-19 pandemic
PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Ada's Café in Palo Alto is not your typical café. It's a nonprofit that trains and employs people with disabilities. Like many businesses, the pandemic has taken a devastating toll on the very special café. Kathleen Foley-Hughes opened the café in 2014, inspired by her son Charlie who has a developmental disability. Kathleen's vision is to create a space where people with disabilities can have a place to work and to belong, a place for employment and empowerment. The workers' disabilities include traumatic brain injuries, Down syndrome, autism spectrum d...