Five months in, national guard helps reduce gaps at border

By Elizabeth Aguilera, Staff Writer

Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 12:24 p.m.



California National Guard members have assisted in 1,319 apprehensions along the state’s boundary with Mexico, where they have worked since August in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under an Obama administration plan to beef up border security.

“They are extra eyes and ears,â€