EDUARDO CONTRERAS / Union-Tribune Luke Patrick Garrett used a masonry saw yesterday to cut a sample from a building at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla to be submitted for seismic testing.

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The good news for Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla is that its deadline for retrofitting or replacing one building to meet California's earthquake rules has been pushed back from 2013 to 2030. The bad news is that five of its other buildings, including one of the main patient towers, have failed to earn the same reprieve.

NEW YORK – Wall Street capped a volatile week with sharp gains yesterday as oil prices tumbled and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points.

SACRAMENTO – Electricity rates for about half of California's residential customers, frozen during a crisis seven years ago, could creep up again under a tentative agreement between utilities and consumer groups. The state's three major investor-owned utilities, including San Diego Gas & Electric, want to spread the pain among all of their customers as natural gas for power plants and new conservation programs drive up costs.

Until recently, it seemed that oil prices could move in only one direction: up. But in the last few weeks, the great energy rally that kicked off at the beginning of the decade has shown signs of running out of steam.

WASHINGTON – Boeing Co. is considering bailing out of a politically charged competition for a $35 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, if it does not receive an additional four months from the Pentagon to assemble its offer.