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Candidates for a Jan. 27 special election for First District county supervisor will go head-to-head at a community forum next Tuesday at Rancho Santiago Community College.

The candidates’ forum will take place next week at 2323 N. Broadway, Santa Ana in the Board room, from 7 to 8:30pm.

You can submit questions for candidates at connect-to-council@earthlink.net.

The forum is hosted by Connect-to-Council, a Santa Ana neighborhood volunteer group dedicated to connecting residents to neighborhood resources.

Five candidates are running for the open seat, which was vacated by State Sen. Janet Nguyen.

Thy is a reporter covering the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Westminster as well as transportation issues and the courts. She’s the daughter of two Vietnamese refugees and grew up in Anaheim and...