The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881.

The "Times" was first published on December 4, 1881, as the "Los Angeles Daily Times" under the direction of Nathan Cole Jr. and Thomas Gardiner. It was first printed at the Mirror printing plant, owned by Jesse Yarnell and T.J. Caystile. Unable to pay the printing bill, Cole and Gardiner turned the paper over to the Mirror Company. In the meantime, S. J. Mathes had joined the firm, and it was at his insistence that the "Times" continued publication. In July 1882, Harrison Gray Otis moved from Santa Barbara to become the paper's editor. Otis made the "Times" a financial success.

Historian Kevin Starr wrote that Otis was a businessman "capable of manipulating the entire apparatus of politics and public opinion for his own enrichment". Otis's editorial policy was based on civic boosterism, extolling the virtues of Los Angeles and promoting its growth. Toward those ends, the paper supported efforts to expand the city's water supply by acquiring the rights to the water supply of the distant Owens Valley. The efforts of the "Times" to fight local unions led to the October 1, 1910 bombing of its headquarters, killing twenty-one people. Two union leaders, James and Joseph McNamara, were charged. The American Federation of Labor hired noted trial attorney Clarence Darrow to represent the brothers, who eventually pleaded guilty.

1. What printing plant first printed the "Los Angeles Daily Times"?
2. What year was if first printed?
3. What city was it printed in?
4. What state was it printed in?
5. Did it have financial troubles in the beginning?
6. Who were two people involved in it during the very beginning?
7. Who were two people who owned the Mirror?
8. What role did Harrison Gray Otis take on at the paper?
9. When?
10. Did he speak well of the city?
11. What natural resource was he concerned with?
12. In 1910 what was a cause of unrest for the paper?
13. Were lives lost in the fighting over this?
14. How many?
15. What title did James and Joseph McNamara have?
16. Did they get in trouble for their roles?
17. Who defended them on charges?
18. Were they found not guilty?
19. Were they found guilty?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. the Mirror
2. 1881
3. Los Angeles
4. California
5. yes
6. Nathan Cole Jr. and Thomas Gardiner
7. Jesse Yarnell and T.J. Caystile
8. editor
9. July 1882
10. yes
11. water
12. local unions
13. yes
14. twenty-one
15. union leaders
16. yes
17. Clarence Darrow
18. no
19. they pleaded guilty