sql = """
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Transform(the_geom,4326)) as newgeom,*
  FROM public.parcels2010_small limit 5;
 """
parcels = pd.read_sql(sql, engine)
parcels

+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| id | newgeom                                           | the_geom                                          | parcel_id | osm_node_id |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| 0  | MULTIPOLYGON(((-122.991093691444 38.4878691106... | 01060000209C0E00000100000001030000000100000097... | 1805792   | 66237       |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| 1  | MULTIPOLYGON(((-122.444576448624 37.7346386006... | 01060000209C0E0000010000000103000000010000008A... | 10435     | 123826      |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| 2  | MULTIPOLYGON(((-122.796785208193 38.5427593334... | 01060000209C0E0000010000000103000000010000007D... | 1817842   | 313047      |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| 3  | MULTIPOLYGON(((-122.695538506163 38.3618570798... | 01060000209C0E0000010000000103000000010000009B... | 1934612   | 63776       |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| 4  | MULTIPOLYGON(((-122.223424422869 37.8416019090... | 01060000209C0E00000100000001030000000100000072... | 861785    | 26369       |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+