COS offers help for those holiday blues

Time is running out for Christmas shoppers -- it's time to deck the halls with red, green and, apparently, blue. But the merriest time of year just isn't so merry for some people. Mental health professionals agree that depression rates spike during the Christmas season. But depression is not only common, it's treatable. And that's why College of the Sequoias is holding a depression screening on Tuesday, open to all of its students and staff.