Two pretty big new changes are being rolled out to LAist over the next few days. Changes are good! Tags! Instead of being confined to narrow categories, every post is now tagged with specific tags––things that help you find specific kinds of posts (say, all of our Writers Strike posts), or browse broader categories easily (say, all of our music posts). Very soon, our categories will all be converted into tags save for a few......

The Malibu fire is now 25% contained. At least 35 structures have been destroyed and thousands were forced to flee as wind whipped flames ravaged the coastal town. The cause of the blaze is not known at this time, but crews haven't ruled out CNN's Glen Beck. In other fire-related news, two people died this morning when a house fire ripped through their Pasadena home. The cause of the fire is unknown. A woman......

Toronto has called you out, LA. Last week they put up a post comparing our city with theirs and Editor David Topping put together this Top 10 Reasons Why Toronto is better than LA. Clearly they don't realize that LA does have a downtown, it's where the Raptors come twice a year to get their asses kicked. 1. Our phallic symbol in our Torontoist logo is bigger than your phallic symbol in your LAist......

We're flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with our new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are Scientists......