SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 20, 2004


                              99(CENT) ONLY STORES
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           California                  1-11735                95-2411605
   (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission             (IRS Employer
        of Incorporation)           File  Number)         Identification No.)


  4000 East Union Pacific Avenue
  City of Commerce, California                                  90023
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (323) 980-8145



ITEM 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

          (c)  Exhibits

               Exhibit  No.     Description

               99.1             Press  release  dated  April  20,  2004


ITEM  12.  Results  of  Operations  and  Financial  Condition

     On  April  20,  2004,  99  Cents Only Stores (the "Company") issued a press
release  announcing  its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.
A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated
herein  by  reference.  The  information  in  this  Current  Report on Form 8-K,
including  Exhibit  99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or
otherwise  subject  to  the  liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated  by  reference  in  any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  or  the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language
in  such  a  filing.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.

                                            99(cent)ONLY  STORES


Date:  April  20,  2004                     By:  /S/  ANDREW  FARINA


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                                            Andrew  Farina
                                            Chief  Financial  Officer




                         EXHIBIT  INDEX

Exhibit  No.     Description

99.1             Press release dated April 20, 2004