The LA Times is just growing by leaps and bounds. Coming soon, as announced by Meredith Artley:

* Small changes to the homepage including a dedicated area for sports, more visible blog and quote treatment.
* “Emerald City,” a blog on green living in LA.
* “Up to Speed,” a new auto blog.
* A Mideast blog from our foreign staff.
* New designs for The Envelope, Autos and Opinion.
* Readers’ Rep, a blog from Jamie Gold and her team.
* A columnist blog for Sandy Banks.
* Even more original videos and design changes to our video player.
* A new, singular email newsletter system, which will allow us to grow our email offering in areas like politics, breaking news and more.

Top blogs for September:

1. The Envelope: Gold Derby – 233,603 page views (up from 99,055 in Emmy-less August)

2. Homicide Report – 205,915 page views

3. Top of the Ticket – 192,270 page views

4. Lakers

5. Movable Buffet (Vegas blog – big assist from the OJ Simpson news)

6. The Envelope: Styles & Scenes

7. L.A. Land

8. Show Tracker

9. Spector Trial

10. All Things Trojan