Obama reaching out to Latinos voters -- with Kennedy

Using the ties of the Kennedy family to Latinos, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced Wednesday that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., will be coming to Los Angeles this week to help build support.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up some of the major Latino officials in the state and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa serves as one of her national co-chairs.

But, with Kennedy announcing his support of Obama this week, the campaign said it has arranged a trip for him this week -- at a site to be determined -- to try to win over Latino voters before next Tuesday's primary election.

The Kennedy family has been popular in the Latino community dating back to the early 1960s when then-Sen. Robert Kennedy backed the United Farm Workers in their organizing efforts.