wealth. california held up any family as royalty, you d have to say it was the hearsts. that made patty in her own little way a princess. patty s grandfather william randolph hearst owned dozens of newspapers. he didn t just own them. he used them for political and economic power. hearst was a larger than life figure. he was more than a businessman. he was a celebrity before there were celebrities. orr sonwells wrote and directed citizen cane as the life story of william randolph hearst. m mandi and katherine hears lived with their five daughters in hillsborough, a beautiful community on the e peninsula. randi treated patty of his five daughters the most like a son. beuse she was tough. hehannelled it on the outings