It is a classical result of Shapirovsky that any compact space of countable tightness has a point-countable π-base. We look at general spaces with point-countable π-bases and prove, in particular, that, under the Continuum Hypothesis, any Lindelöf first countable space has a point-countable π-base. We also analyze when the function space $C_p\left(X\right)$ has a point-countable π -base, giving a criterion for this in terms of the topology of X when l*(X) = ω. Dealing with point-countable π-bases makes it possible...

Generalizing a theorem of Oxtoby, it is shown that an arbitrary product of Baire spaces which are almost locally universally Kuratowski-Ulam (in particular, have countable-in-itself π-bases) is a Baire space. Also, partially answering a question of Fleissner, it is proved that a countable box product of almost locally universally Kuratowski-Ulam Baire spaces is a Baire space.