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                       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 27, 2005


                              99 CENTS 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



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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     CFR  230.425)
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     Exchange  Act  (17  CFR  240.14d-2(b))
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     Exchange  Act  (17  CFR  240.13e-4(c))



Item 8.01.  Other Events

     On April 27, 2005, 99 Cents Only Stores (the "Company") issued a press
release providing an update on the timing of its fourth quarter and year-end
2004 earnings release and certain other matters.  A copy of this press release
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)     Exhibits



                   
        Exhibit No.  Description

        99.1         Press release dated April 27, 2005





                                   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 CENTS ONLY STORES



Date:  April 28, 2005                      By:  /S/ ERIC SCHIFFER


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                                            Eric Schiffer
                                            Chief Executive Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



          
Exhibit No.  Description

99.1         Press release dated April 28, 2005