Plus: More details have come to light about Saturday’s second Muni accident that involved a car crash.
After much anticipation, downtown San Francisco received its official Pop Mart store location. Just a block from the newly opened Nintendo Store, which still sees lines that go up and around Powell Street on weekends, the viral makers behind Labubus and other blind-boxed goods hosted a “soft launching” of its newest Bay Area store on Monday; Sunday saw increased presence of City workers tidying up the area and promptly creating areas for lines.
The opened store at 200 Powell Street, lucky patrons, some of whom waited hours to secure a spot in line, will be filled with all things plush and things that cater to every Labubu ich; another location at the nearby Stonestown Galleria opened in July and has since helped increase foot traffic in the shopping center; the newly opened downtown location, in tandem with the Ninentend Store, will help make the area a mecca for both plaything nostalgia and novelty.
A grand opening event is planned soon, and the hours for the 200 Powell Street store are 12 to 9 pm, Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays.
What else transpired over the weekend? Let’s take a look.
A memo was released sharing the reasons behind BART’s systemwide earlier this month. For the second time this year, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) experienced a systemwide hiccup that hobbled the entire agency for hours earlier this month, forcing tens of thousands of commuters to find alternative transportation; a memo later released by the public transit agency’s board of directors detailed it was caused by a perfect storm of connectivity issues and network switchovers. More info. Country star Shaboozey’s free downtown concert was a resounding success. Saturday’s free concert in Civic Center attracted a crowd of 20,000 fans to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the record label Empire, which began in San Francisco, and was headlined by the Beyoncé collaboration. More info.We got additional details on Saturday’s second Muni accident that involved a car. Apparently, a Muni train struck a car on 19th Avenue, causing the car to flip over; no injuries were reported by the crash. More info.Flower Piano officially kicked off just before the weekend. A collection of twelve pianos has again taken over Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden, which is free to the public to use outside of planned performances. More info.
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