The youngest and last surviving of Ah Louis ' children , Howard Louis , who had a degree in economics and fought with Gen. George Patton , continued to run the store until the late 1990s and died on August 15 , 2008 , at the age of 100 . The store was damaged from the San Simeon earthquake in 2003 and afterwards condemned by the City of San Luis Obispo . Around this time , the store was fully acquired by William J. Watson , MD , who restored the building and its interior . It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008
San Simeon earthquake in 2003
2003 San Simeon earthquake
Ah Louis