Patty Hearst's ancestors, like many California settlers, had come overland from the Midwest. Her great-grandfather, George Hearst, was a Missouri farmer and prospector with a nose for minerals.

George R. Hearst III is the Times Union’s publisher. He joined the paper in 1989 as operations director after working as assistant director of advertising for the San Francisco Newspaper Agency ...

"Mr. George Mickum is the former friend / family acquaintance / real estate broker of The Hearst Family," it read, adding, "If seen please call Security." Seemingly overnight, the man Gillian ...