Amazon to begin drone deliveries in California this year
STORY: Amazon will begin drone deliveries in the U.S. later this year
The retail giant said customers in Lockeford, California
would be among the first to receive Prime Air drone deliveries
Customers will get parcels dropped in their backyards
Amazon said it was working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
and city officials to get permits cleared in the town of 4,000
Amazon made its first customer drone delivery in the United Kingdom in 2016
