Dive Delivery, a San Bruno-based company, uses unmanned drones to send lightweight packages to customers' backyards. (Photo courtesy of Dive Delivery)

Residents in San Mateo and Contra Costa counties may soon have the option of having some packages delivered via drone.

Dive Delivery, a San Bruno-based company, said it plans to launch a trial service for residents in the two counties in which a drone could deliver small, lightweight packages of essential goods like face masks directly to a person’s backyard.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.