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): July 8, 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


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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On July 8, 2005, 99 Cents Only Stores (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing its sales results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 (the
"Press Release").  A copy of the 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.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits

     Exhibit No.     Description

     99.1            Press release dated July 8, 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:  July 8, 2005                        By:  /S/ JEFFREY KNIFFIN

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                                           Jeffrey Kniffin
                                           Interim Chief Financial Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.     Description

99.1            Press release dated July 8, 2005