Afternoon snacks

Downtown's residential population has grown 21% in two years, is mostly single and has a median age of 31, according to a study by the local Business Improvement District. Households in newer buildings have a medium income of $99,000. Downtown News
Willow Bay is one of five finalists for dean of USC Annenberg. LAist
Britney Spears checked into rehab in Malibu, paparazzi rent a helicopter for the assault. TMZ
Blogger lives next door to the mob scene that formed while Britney got her tattoo in Studio City. Hollywood Thoughts
Paramount boss Brad Grey may have attended a fundraiser and said he would help Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid, but he ponied up for the Obama fundraiser tonight. Deadline Hollywood Daily
Obama squeezed in a public rally between today's four Beverly Hills fundraisers. Political Muscle
LAT homicide blogger Jill Leovy chatted about her beat with Brooke Gladstone at On the Media, while op-ed columnist Joel Stein phoned in an email interview with Kate Coe at Fishbowl LA. [Ay: Coe was on the same On the Media, talking about coverage of the Long Beach hate cases.]
What's odder than one L. A. Times blog post about my headline use of Variety's verb ankled? Two.