By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Headless body in topless bar"-type headlines made famous by the iconic New York Post tabloid could soon greet Californians as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp prepares to expand to the West Coast with its biggest U.

Media titan Rupert Murdoch is seizing on the continued hollowing out of California local media and the consolidation of many Hollywood trades.

Amid a tense legal battle between US President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch, News Corp will publish a new right-wing tabloid in Los Angeles.