Blogging.la and the rest of the Metroblogging empire this afternoon unveiled a thorough redesign. Gray shades, bigger pictures and bolder text are among the visual changes, plus there are new functions and mobile pages. Note the name change: the site now goes by Metroblogging Los Angeles. (Nope, still blogging.la—the rotating banner just calls out Los Angeles to help orient visitors from other Metroblogging cities.) Sean Bonner explains it in the first post on the blog for Bode Media, which now publishes the Metroblogging sites.