Old qual question:
Let $p:X\to Y$ be a closed, continuous, surjective map such that $p^{-1}(y)$ is compact for every $y\in Y$. Let $(U_\alpha)_{\alpha\in A}$ be an open cover of $X$. Show that any $y\in Y$ has an open neighborhood $Y_y$ such that $p^{-1}(Y_y)$ has a finite subcover of $(U_\alpha)_{\alpha\in A}$.
I don't have much of an attempt. So far, let $y\in Y$ be arbitrary. Then there is some $x\in p^{-1}(y)$, which is compact and covered by $(U_\alpha)$ so there is a finite subcover $U_1,\dots,U_n$. That's really all I have.