Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Where was Patricia Hearst living at the time she was kidnapped?"
...She was living in Hillsborough, a suburb of San Francisco, where she was attending college. Patricia is the daughter of Randolph Hearst, who was head of the Hearst publishing empire at the time, and the son of William Randolph Hearst. William Randolph Hearst was a self-made millionaire and newspaper mogul. Patricia grew up in Hillsborough and attended private schools. By all accounts she was an intelligent and strong-willed young woman. The news of her kidnapping was a huge story in the US media for many months.