99 Cents Only Stores Announces Business Wind-down and Liquidation Plans
99 Cents Only Stores Announces Wind-Down of Business Operations
CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif., April 4, 2024 — 99 Cents Only Stores LLC (“99 Cents,” “99 Cents Only Stores” or the “Company”) today announced plans to commence an orderly wind-down of its business operations.
The Company has entered into an agreement with Hilco Global to, among other things, liquidate all merchandise owned by the Company and dispose of certain fixtures, furnishings, and equipment at the Company’s stores.
Sales under this agreement are expected to begin April 5, 2024 and will be carried out at all 371 of the Company’s store locations.
Hilco Real Estate (HRE) is managing the sale of the Company’s real estate assets, both owned and leased, in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas. To help facilitate the wind-down, the Company has appointed Chris Wells, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, as Chief Restructuring Officer. Mike Simoncic, Interim Chief Executive Officer of 99 Cents Only Stores and Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, will step down.
“This was an extremely difficult decision and is not the outcome we expected or hoped to achieve,” said Simoncic. “Unfortunately, the last several years have presented significant and lasting challenges in the retail environment, including the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting consumer demand, rising levels of shrink, persistent inflationary pressures and other macroeconomic headwinds, all of which have greatly hindered the Company’s ability to operate. We deeply appreciate the dedicated employees, customers, partners, and communities who have collectively supported 99 Cents Only Stores for decades.”
99 Cents Only Stores, together with its financial and legal advisors, engaged in an extensive analysis of all available and credible alternatives to identify a solution that would allow the business to continue. Following months of actively pursuing these alternatives, the company ultimately determined that an orderly wind-down was necessary and the best way to maximize the value of 99 Cents Only Stores’ assets.
99 Cents Only Stores LLC. (PRNewsFoto/99 Cents Only Stores) (PRNewsFoto/)
About 99 Cents Only Stores: Founded in 1982, 99 Cents Only Stores LLC currently operates nearly 371 stores located in California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC offers a broad assortment of name brand and other attractively priced merchandise and compelling seasonal product offerings. For more information, visit http://www.99only.com/.
Editor’s Note: It’s disheartening to read about the closure of 99 Cents Only Stores, which have been around for over four decades. The surge in prices for goods and services, exacerbated by the challenges of COVID-19, has indeed been concerning. High demand often drives prices up, prompting the need to explore strategies for maintaining affordability. The drastic increase in rent prices, exemplified by the rise from $800 to over $1800 for a one-bedroom apartment since 2016, reflects a concerning trend. It’s crucial for those with wealth to prioritize affordability and resist greed. Nevertheless, we extend our best wishes to 99 Cents Only Stores as they navigate this challenging period.
Steven Escobar Founder and Owner of Diversity News Magazine files for name and domain trademark.
Los Angeles, California Jul 16, 2021 (Issuewire.com) – Diversity News Media Brands formerly Diversity News Publications publisher of Diversity News Magazine Org and Diversity News Magazine Dot Com files for Diversity News Magazine Dot Com trademark with the USPTO. Mr. Esteban Escobar aka Steven Escobar who is the owner and founder of Diversity News Magazine Dot Com files for company name and domain trademark.
The main reasons why Mr. Escobar during 2019 was not able to pay his renewal fees to GoDaddy was due to financial hardship and litigation expenses. When Mr. Escobar was ready to renew GoDaddy had sold the domain to a guy overseas from Pakistan who is a domain squatter. Immediately Mr. Escobar registered the domain name Diversity News Magazine Org while consulting with his colleagues and friends on ways to get back his Diversity News Magazine Dot com domain. Mr. Escobar was advised to trademark his domain name.
For your information, the domain squatter will first perform searches on the availability of domain names, which include business names, brand names, trademark names, or anything he or she feels will be valuable to the company willing to pay for. If it’s available, the individual buys the domain name, with the intent of selling it at a higher price to the owner of the business or the brand.
For those who does not know what Cybersquatting means, it means the practice of registering names, especially well-known company or brand names, as internet domains, in the hope of reselling them at a profit.
Diversity News Magazine archive.org photo of June 2019
So after purchasing the domain, the Pakistan domain squatter man contacted Mr. Escobar asking to give him access to his Gmail account and all his social media accounts. This Pakistan middle east man offered Mr. Escobar $100 US Dollars for all his social media profile pages. This Pakistan domain squatter did purchase Diversity News Magazine Dot com because he has read that Mr. Escobar needed money so he tried to Cybersquatting Mr. Escobar by asking him to sale all his social media profile accounts including Gmail for $100 US dollars. Mr. Escobar very well knows that his social media pages are worth more than $100 US dollars in fact he knows some of his pages are worth thousands of dollars.
Domain squatting is illegal. A domain squatter is blocking the rightful owner of the trademark or brand from acquiring the domain name and using it to increase his or her internet visibility.
The law looks at domain squatting as similar to holding a property (the domain name) in order to raise ransom, and it is considered a trademark infringement. If a domain squatter can’t prove a legal intent in owning the domain name, it is considered to be a bad faith registration, and he or she is considered guilty of domain squatting.
For those who does not know what Cybersquatting means, it means the practice of registering names, especially well-known company or brand names, as internet domains, in the hope of reselling them at a profit. The Pakistani guy would contact Mr. Escobar via Facebook and Twitter. One time the Pakistan man asked Mr. Escobar to buy back Diversity News Magazine Dot Com from him for a higher price.
Mr. Escobar has been keeping an eye on his domain and because he keeps getting emails from former readers, partners and colleagues asking if he is still in charge of Diversity News Magazine Dot Com. So after consulting with various colleagues, on 3-31-2021, Mr. Escobar decided to trademark Diversity News Magazine name and Diversity News Magazine Dot Com domain. Diversity News Magazine and Diversity News Magazine Dot Com are Mr. Escobar companies in the US. Mr. Escobar tells us that lots of middle east people are desperate to make a quick buck so they do this illegal things.
DiversityNewsMagazine dot com with trademark register logo
Mr. Escobar advices anyone reading this press release to secure your intellectual properties because out there in the battle field they’re desperate rats! Who trying to benefit on others hard work. To the individual that purchase Diversity News Magazine Dot com domain from the domain squatter you know that’s illegal and if you are a good person, you should have contacted Mr. Escobar directly but not been a desperate rat with no brains to start your own media site! Perhaps you haven’t read the newspaper or seen online news on how companies reach to each other to make deals to purchase a media outlet or a business to each other. They don’t go around looking for a domain squatter to cybersquatting a well know company name or brand name in this case domain name. Each company reach professional to each other to make the deal to purchase in this case a media outlet company.
So the Pakistan domain squatter researched Mr. Escobar Diversity News Magazine Dot com and Diversity News Publications Dot com domains and found out that Mr. Escobar is been investing, running and promoting Diversity News Publications and Diversity News Magazine since 2003 to the present which is over 18 years. Diversity News Publications and Diversity New Magazine are known and recognized in Southern California by many organizations including government officials. In fact Diversity News Publications and Diversity New Magazine has received multiple awards and nominations in Southern California from non profit organizations and government officials. To learn about our social impact in Southern California please click on Nominations and Awards at https://diversitynewsmagazine.org/about-us/nominations-awards/ Our service has been recognized by non profit organizations as well government agencies politicians.
Mr. Escobar wants to set the record clear that yes in deed he is the owner of Diversity News Magazine, DiversityNewsMagazine.com name and domain. Diversity News Publications Dot Com and Diversity News Magazine Dot com were founded in 2003 in Los Angeles, CA. The name Diversity News Publications which owns Diversity News Magazine Dot com was a registered business entity in the City of Los Angeles and as well Diversity News Magazine. Diversity News Media Brands formerly Diversity News Publications is the publisher of Diversity News Magazine Dot Com and Diversity News Magazine Org. So Diversity News Magazine is knows as a company name and a trademark as well his founder and owner Mr. Esteban Escobar aka Steven Escobar is known for those company and domain names. If you Google Diversity News Magazine Dot com and Diversity News Publications Dot com you will find that they are listed in various website directories and Mr. Esteban Escobar aka Steven Escobar is listed as the owner and publisher. Even lots of marketing and public relations emails press releases for publication to Mr. Escobar on his domains Diversity News Magazine Dot com, Diversity News Publications Dot com and Diversity News Magazine Org.
Sarah Jones who is currently violating our trademark domain name is a been a cybersquatting participant. Please note that she is not an employee, not an agent, not consultant, not a representative or is not part of Diversity News Magazine.com neither DiversityNewsMagazine.org or any other subsidiaries of Diversity News Media Brands. We ask that to be aware of possible fraud and scams where we are not to be held liable or responsible for the individual cybersquatting tactics.
So now that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has published that Mr. Esteban Escobar has filed for the trademark DIVERSITY NEWS MAGAZINE – DIVERSITYNEWSMAGAZINE.COM. Mr. Escobar issue a Trademark Infringement – Cease and Desist and Domain Trademark Infringement – Cease and Desist to the known Registrar and Hosting companies as well the contact in the domain Whois dot com which is mostly private. So Mr. Escobar received a response from the person that may have bought Diversity News Magazine Dot com from the Pakistan domain squatter. The person is refusing to cooperate by transferring Diversity News Magazine Dot com to Mr. Escobar hosting company. Also knownhost.com for privatesystems.net which is one of the hosting companies, a representative has responded stating that the trademark is not true enforceable because is in process at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
GoDaddy has responded to our Domain Trademark Infringement – Cease and Desist letter – – [Incident ID: 45255087] on July 16, 2021 providing the following response:
“The website is not hosted by GoDaddy. We ask that you please note the following information:
The registrar is the company that sells a domain name registration to a person or company. The registrant is the person or company that purchases a domain name for use. The hosting provider is the company that provides space on its computers for the files that make up the content of the website. Name servers do not determine the hosting provider of a website. Website content is not stored on name servers.
While GoDaddy offers services as both a registrar and a hosting provider, this does not mean that we provide both services for every domain that is registered through our company.
If you first identify the IP address of the website, you can then find the hosting provider that IP address is assigned to. In most cases, this is a much more accurate method for determining who is hosting a website. You’ll want to reach out to the hosting provider that the IP address is assigned to for further assistance with this content based issue
Also, our internal policies, as well as ICANN regulations, prevent us from acting as the arbiter of domain name disputes. We are not able to assist you with claims regarding the wording of a registered domain name.
Complaints of this nature need to be taken up with the domain name owner directly, or should be filed in a UDRP or court proceeding.
Chris Trademark Department Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC TrademarkClaims@GoDaddy.com”
Mr. Escobar just want his the infringement person or individuals to stop using his domain name. Mr. Escobar is the one who has expend many years and thousands of dollars on Diversity News Magazine Dot com in the domain online footprint. He would not do something like that if he is not interested on it. So the domain squatter knew what he was doing just to get a quick buck. Mr. Escobar thinks that Sarah John who has been hiding her identity may have fall on the domain squatter fraud and scam.
Archive org Diversity News Magazine November 2019 page 2
For those of you reading this press release let me tell you that the current person communicating with you of the name of Sarah John is not the owner of Diversity News Magazine Dot com and by not cooperating she is been participating in Cybersquatting which is illegal. If you get a response from her please be aware that she does not own Diversity News Magazine dot com and be cautions of fraud and scams from her. Mr. Escobar does not want to consider a lawsuit against the infringer. That only thing Mr. Escobar wants is his domain name to be transfer to his hosting company because that’s his trademark! So please contact Mr. Escobar at his cellular 213-321-9408 or email to: diversitynewsmagazine@gmail.com
Official portrait of President Donald J. Trump, Friday, October 6, 2017. (Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead)White
On January 13, 2021, 7 days before his term ends, Donald J. Trump the 45th President of the United States was impeached again by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Donald Trump was charge with incitement of insurrection by a group of Trump supporters mob who took over the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Donald J. Trump claimed fraud that the elections were stolen from him but with no proof.
The U.S. House Representatives voted 232-197 to impeach Trump.
Donald J. Trump was impeached the first time on December 18, 2019 by the U.S. House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The U.S. Senate controlled by Republicans declare him not guilty on February 5, 2020.
It is very painful for me to share the breaking news that Boys Town Gang Lead Singer, our dearest business, friend and Disco Dance Celebrity Diva Cynthia Manley has died. Cynthia Manley was born on Edmond, Oklahoma, January 27, 1955 and die on September 10, 2020 at 3:00 am.
“Our beautiful angel Cynthia Manley has chosen to move on with GOD. She is now dancing with the angels and singing the choir.” By Unknown.
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. KARMA!!! wear good shoes.” said recording artist, singer, performer and Diva Cynthia Manley.
Here are some information about her services and memorial services celebration set for September 12, 2020.
Photo by Alireza Kia /Alireza Kia Photography
Producer/DJ Bill Motley created an opportunity to form a group that catered to San Francisco large Gay clientele. So he casted hundreds of vocalists male and female for the group lead position. Entertainer and singer Cynthia Manley made it to the lead spot.
Please share this with all her fans and friends. Dearest Cynthia Manley was well known as the lead singer of Boys Town Gang and solo artist in the club scene.
Services
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Starting at 11 am or 12 pm
Hooper & Weaver Mortuary
459 Hollow Way
Nevada City, CA 95959
(at Hooper & Weaver)
That’s the only service the day.
Memorial Celebration
@ Cynthia Manley House – 5.23acres lot
12812 Pearson Rd, Grass Valley, CA 95945
You can also see some of her videos
Photo by Alireza Kia /Alireza Kia Photography. Boys Town Gang Lead Singer, Friend and Disco Diva Cynthia Manley and Steven EscobarBoys Town Gang Lead Singer, Friend and Disco Diva Cynthia Manley and Steven Escobar.
Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard Magazine in the United States. It is a national survey of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as the Disco Action Top 30 chart on August 28, 1976, and became the first chart by Billboard to document the popularity of dance music.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This information will be updated soon as we can get more. We apologized for been incomplete but dearest Cynthia Manley was so kind, lovelable and beautiful lady. R.I.P. Thank You.
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 lots of Amazon Flex Rosemead evening shots did not show up for their 4, 5, 6 and 7 pm blocks because they have been sent far and over the San Gabriel Valley area where they sign up to deliver packages.
Amazon Flex Temple City – Rosemead has been abusing them by sending them drive all over the Lia Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and more without adding extra compensation. Yes Amazon Flex has been paying $18 and hour but the drivers has to deal with tear and wear on their cars, gas, miles, dark nights, cold, raining and hot days with no perks or benefits.
Per Wikipedia it list the San Gabriel Valley as following:
The San Gabriel Valley is in Los Angeles County. The incorporated cities and unincorporated neighborhoods of the San Gabriel Valley include:
Amazon Flex drivers are not getting pay extra during the evening, weekends or holidays which a billion company like Amazon should pay to their employees or partners in this case Amazon Flex individual partners. Companies are supposed to pay extra for weekends, evening and holidays. Do you know some companies even pay more to those employees that work during those times them their 7 to 4, 8 to 5, 9 to 6 employees.
Amazon Flex do not like for Amazon Flex to give packages when they know those are opposite direction from their main route and If you return them at the end of the block they question you by been mad.
On top of that If you decide to finish your block even though you went over they don’t even want to pay you extra. If they pay you they pay you regular hourly rate but in some cases you took a surge so they need to pay at those rates.
Yes Amazon Flex has been treating better the Amazon Flex business partners because they have a van and a business but the fact is that they are doing the same work except they can take more packages but they have a week to deliver them. Amazon has been offering on it is logistics website the following perks:
Access to exclusive deals
Leveraging Amazon’s deals makes the entire setup process easy. We’ve negotiated exclusive deals on startup assets and ongoing business management services with top-in- class third-party providers to help you get your business started for as little as $10,000.
• Amazon-branded vehicles customized for delivery
• Vehicle maintenance
• Vehicle insurance
• Fuel program
• Professional uniforms
• Industrial-grade handheld devices
• Recruitment tool discounts
• Payroll, tax, and accounting services
• Health benefits and employee services • Legal support
Amazon Flex business drivers they make $300K a year, get a branded Amazon van, uniforms, gas allowance, cellphone, extra pay and they can choose their routes while the Amazon Flex individual partners are force to drive more than 25 to 45 miles away with no extra compensation or perks.
So if you a consumer and don’t get your packages on tine call Amazon and ask for reimbursement on delivery fee also be mindful that Amazon is discriminating the hard working individual people. Amazon Flex was suppose to be a fun and relaxing gig but it has become stressful Which is making drivers sick. Amazon flex drivers don’t get breaks or lunch time even don’t have a place to pee and poo.
Perhaps Amazon Flex drivers should start a class action lawsuit against giant internet company Amazon, Jeff Bezos, their investors and board of directors? like it was ruled by a judge recently in Los Angeles county against Lyft that their drivers are not contractors when they are forced to do quotas and lots or rules that they need to follow while working in the logistics business. You can read
Los Angeles Times article published on April 30, 2018 headline: California’s top court makes it more difficult for employers to classify workers as independent contractors.
Rosemead station needs help to organize blocks or route because they are giving routes of blocks out of the service area such as North Hollywood, Compton, Buena Park, Bell Flower etc. Rosemead station is supposed to service the following areas in the San Gabriel Valley
Altadena
Alhambra
Arcadia
Avocado Heights
Azusa
Baldwin Park
Bassett
Bradbury
Charter Oak
Citrus
City of Industry
Claremont
Covina
Diamond Bar
Duarte
East Pasadena
El Monte
Glendora
Hacienda Heights
Hillgrove
Irwindale
La Puente
La Verne
Mayflower Village
Monrovia
Monterey Park
North El Monte
Pasadena
Pomona
Rosemead
Rowland Heights
San Dimas
San Gabriel
San Marino
San Pasqual
Sierra Madre
South El Monte
South Pasadena
South San Gabriel
South San Jose Hills
Temple City
Valinda
Vincent
Walnut
West Covina
West Puente Valley
That’s why those drivers sign up to drive in their communities.
Amazon Flex Drivers are contractors should not be force to do quantity or drive areas that they did not sign up for because they are not employees of Amazon.
So consumers may need to think twice before you agree to buy Amazon products and pay for delivery.
BREAKING NEWS: Diversity News Magazine Special Summer Print Issue Featuring Hillary Clinton for USA President & Named as Woman of the Year 2016. Diversity News Magazine is available for purchase online. It is one of the exclusive collections that you must have!
On June 4, 2016, Diversity News Publications, publisher of Diversity News Magazine unveiled the release of their newest magazine: Diversity News Magazine Special Summer Print Issue Featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton for USA President & Named as Woman of the Year 2016.
“It is my honor and pleasure to feature our future USA President Hillary Clinton. Which we are also excited to named her “Woman of the Year! 2016″. By the way nobody has been ever given this title on Diversity News Magazine, Mrs. Clinton is the first one and we congratulate her for it.” said Steven Escobar, Diversity News Magazine, CEO, President and Executive Editor-In-Chief.
Diversity News Magazine Special Summer Print Issue also has inside their pages great articles such as: OMG Musica Y Mas TV Show Official Red Carpet Launch A Huge Success!, PartyBy5.com 11th Annual Mother and Son “Magical Ball” supporting Autism Awareness and upcoming events CSW LA Pride, AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2016, United Chambers of Commerce Sixth Annual Valley Mega Mixer. Also inside the magazine includes the latest menu from Cafe Tamal and much more.
Also on this issue, they invite you to learn about their new venture which is their pageants. Yes, they are seeking contestants to compete on the following pageants: Miss Diversity, Miss Teen Diversity, Mrs. Diversity and Miss Diversity News, Miss Teen Diversity News & Mrs. Diversity News Beauty Pageants! They hope you join them by purchasing tickets from the delegates, or by being a sponsor.
If you are curios to find out who else is inside the magazine pages, you must order your print or digital copy of the Spring 2016 Special Summer Print Issue.
Diversity News Magazine Special Print Edition will be holding a meet and greet event where celebrities who have been on the cover will be invited to come and autograph copies of the magazine for their fans and our loyal readers. If you are interested in sponsoring our meet and greet event, please call (213) 321-9408 or email:editor@diversitynewsmagazine.org
Diversity News Magazine Special Print Issue is published in partnership with Blurb, Inc., a product of HP MagCloud and is available to be order in print for $12.99 or digital for $9.99. Just click the link at: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/223080 or visit Diversity News Magazine for the entire collection at: http://diversitynewsmagazine.org/print-magazine/
Anyone who buys the print version will get Free Digital (Digital version is a PDF) with Print Purchase, a savings of $7.99. Remember by purchasing the magazine, you are supporting a team to continue publishing the magazine. You can help them to continue publishing the magazine by sponsoring pages. You can contact CEO, President and Executive Editor-In-Chief Steven Escobar at editor@diversitynewsmagazine.org to find out how you can get involved and help with sponsorship opportunities.
About Diversity News Magazine Special Print Edition:
DIVERSITY NEWS MAGAZINE Special Print Edition is published 4 times or more a year by Diversity News Publications. Diversity News Magazine Special Print Edition features the best coverage of the past quarter and upcoming entertainment events. You can visit the site at http://diversitynewsmagazine.org/about-us/
About Diversity News Magazine:
Diversity News Magazine was founded in 2007, Diversity News Magazine is an award winning independent multi-media outlet and their mission and purpose is to educate and inform the diverse community worldwide. It focuses on featuring and reporting on local, national and international news, features, arts and entertainment, politics, sports and more importantly, newsworthy items that would be of interest to our diverse cultures. Diversity News Magazine is not targeting a demographic, they are inclusive and work with everyone. For more information visit Diversity News Magazine at www.diversitynewsmagazine.org
EDITOR’S NOTE: DiversityNewsMagazine.org is formerly DiversityNewsMagazine Dot com
David Harrison Levi Cease and Desist Letter from Steven Escobar
David Harrison Levi Hollywood Con Artist – David Harrison Levi Cease and Desist Letter from Steven Escobar
The purpose of publishing this legal letter here is to give notice and make sure that Mr. Levi have seen it and he must comply by law.
David Harrison Levi is upset at Steven Escobar because he wrote an article of an event he attended and saw the security at Cafe Entourage kicking out David Harrison Levi and his Followers.
Mr. Levi haven’t make arrangements with restaurant owners and all his followers were crashing at the restaurant and they have no interest in buying any food or drinks. So there were asked by restaurant owner to leave. However they refused, so the restaurant had to ask their security personnel to escort David Harrison Levi and his followers out of Cafe Entourage.
Also as we promise and by request from our Diversity News Radio listeners, you can see the copy of the letter mail to Mr. Levi by Steven Escobar’s Parker Stanbury LLP law office. David Harrison Levi needs to leave Mr. Esteban “Steven” Escobar alone.
David Harrison Levi Cease and Desist Letter from Steven Escobar
This letter was draft and mailed to Mr. David Harrison Levi known address and copy was sent to Mr. Escobar.
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It is very painful for me to share the breaking news that 
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 lots of Amazon Flex Rosemead evening shots did not show up for their 4, 5, 6 and 7 pm blocks because they have been sent far and over the San Gabriel Valley area where they sign up to deliver packages.
Amazon Flex business drivers they make $300K a year, get a branded Amazon van, uniforms, gas allowance, cellphone, extra pay and they can choose their routes while the Amazon Flex individual partners are force to drive more than 25 to 45 miles away with no extra compensation or perks.
BREAKING NEWS: Diversity News Magazine Special Summer Print Issue Featuring Hillary Clinton for USA President & Named as Woman of the Year 2016. Diversity News Magazine is available for purchase online. It is one of the exclusive collections that you must have!
