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Tips to help put your mind at ease and avoid nightmares

People’s days are often filled with online school for children, social distancing, masks and a daily death toll, so it’s no wonder 50 to 85 percent of adults are having nightmares. If this is something you struggle with, here are some tips from CNN that could help put your mind at ease. Establish a sleep routineNightmares occur during rapid eye movement sleep, the phase during which our muscles relax and when we dream. Setting regular sleep and waking times, making your room is dark and cool, and avoiding caffeine during the mid-afternoon can help establish a better sleep routine. Check up on your mental healthIf nothing works and you’re still having nightmares, talk with a therapist or sleep specialist.

While You Were Sleeping: Late night bingo returns with new rules

SAN ANTONIO The numbers on the lucky balls at Ingram Late Night Bingo now share the spotlight with the numbers on the thermometer. Ingram Late Night Bingo has games that last until the wee hours some nights. A sign at the door now warns bingo players of the mask requirement. (KSAT 12 News)Even at the overnight games, Garcia said, most of the customers seem to be taking the new rules in stride. But with COVID, everything is downsized.Woody said the late night bingo games are her temporary escape from everyday life.

While You Were Sleeping: Centro San Antonios overnight crews adjust to big changes

SAN ANTONIO Just one year ago, dirt represented the biggest challenge for Centro San Antonios overnight crews. Along with power washing downtown sidewalks, Centro crews also focus on wiping down smaller surfaces where germs can thrive. While the city was under lockdown during the quarantine, Centro San Antonio took on yet another role. San Antonio police say a group of people, intent on causing chaos, went on a rampage that Saturday night after a peaceful protest. Centro San Antonios management later held a news conference to say thank you to them.

While You Were Sleeping: A good day at golf course begins with overnight work

SAN ANTONIO One by one, the motors on a row of lawnmowers inside a garage near the Brackenridge Park Golf Course roar to life, waking up the birds sleeping in the trees nearby. They know exactly what theyre gonna do, what mowing pattern theyre gonna do that day, said Robert Cano, superintendent of the golf course. A crew works at a gulf course before the sun comes up each day. Brackenridge is part of the Alamo City Golf Trail and the oldest public 18- hole golf course in Texas. If all goes as planned, Cano and his crew do all of that and more each day before the sun is up.

‘While You Were Sleeping’: Dealing with other people’s dirty laundry is all in a night’s work for dry cleaning staff

SAN ANTONIO – At 2 a.m., Kirsten Thomas already is up to her elbows in the makings of a super-sized laundry day. One of several super-sized washing machines that Cowboy Cleaners uses to get laundry clean. “But I take a nap in the afternoons.”Thomas is a longtime employee of Cowboy Cleaners, a family-owned San Antonio staple, itself, for more than 40 years. "It’s garment by garment, it’s day by day,” Andrews said. He said Cowboy Cleaners goes to great lengths to be as environmentally conscious as possible.

‘While You Were Sleeping’: San Antonio Police Department’s E.A.G.L.E. unit keeps an eye on city around the clock

SAN ANTONIO – When San Antonio police are in pursuit of a criminal, you’ll often readily notice the lights and sirens coming from their patrol cars. “It's not like what you see in the movies where the helicopter's ten feet above the fleeing car,” said Sgt. Justin Anders, who oversees the overnight crews of SAPD’s E.AG.L.E. unit, he has spent most of his time working the late night or overnight shifts. He said everyone who is part of the E.A.G.L.E unit also had to have spent at least five years on the streets, working as a police officer.

‘While You Were Sleeping’: Command center at USAA monitors threats, warns employees around the world

SAN ANTONIO – A bank of television monitors stretches across the entire wall at the front of a secured room. In the early morning hours one recent day, only four eyes were keeping watch on them all. Scott Simmons and Rene Martinez work on the overnight shift at the Unified Command Center on the campus of USAA. As Senior Incident Manager and Incident Manager 1, respectively, their jobs involve watching over the world, looking for any signs of trouble. “Any type of police activity, fire activity, any other threats that may come through such as HazMat incidents,” said Simmons.