Street Named for Astronaut Onizuka
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Weller Street in Little Tokyo has officially been renamed Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Street in honor of the astronaut who died last year aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
During a Friday ceremony, Mayor Tom Bradley presented the astronaut’s widow, Lorna, with a replica of the Onizuka street sign and praised him as a role model for all Americans “who want to reach for the stars.”
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