We have posted a small gallery of photos that MacMinute reader Ronald Leppke sent in from the grand opening of the Apple Store at the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville, California. The store opened this past weekend, along with the Denver, Colorado store, marking the 49th and 50th Apple retail stores in the country. The company announced today that with these latest openings, it has stores in 24 states in the U.S., with a retail location within 15 miles of 85 million people, about one third of the U.S. population.